| 词汇 | sweatshop |
| 释义 | sweatshop noun[ C ] disapprovinguk /ˈswet.ʃɒp/ us /ˈswet.ʃɑːp/ a small factory where workers are paid very little and work many hours in very bad conditions: 血汗工厂 sweatshop conditions血汗工厂的工作条件 Factories assembly line brewery cannery chemical park conveyor belt gasworks industrial park mill miller multi-plant on the factory flooridiom power station rolling mill shipyard slaughterhouse smelter smithy solar plant steel mill the shop floor You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Treating people or animals badly sweatshop | American Dictionarysweatshop noun[ C ] us/ˈswetˌʃɑp/ a small factory where workers are paid very little and work many hours under bad conditions sweatshop | Business Englishsweatshop noun[ C ] WORKPLACE, SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY disapprovinguk /ˈswetʃɒp/us a place where people work for long hours and very low pay in an unhealthy situation: sweatshop conditions/products/workersThe report claims many toy companies only worry about sweatshop conditions during periods of bad publicity. Examples of sweatshopsweatshop Creating this avenue for negotiation, however, put sweatshop workers in a vulnerable position. To ensure that small sweatshops with their appalling conditions were squeezed out of business the union co-operated with owners of larger factories offering better conditions. The government claimed that it was concerned that such settlements should not become sweatshops. In a globalizing world, the sweatshops of developing countries are not only used to manufacture commodities such as shoes and clothes but also to test new drugs. Decent employers do not need to be undercut by cowboys and sweatshops seeking competitive advantage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is £120 per week from every taxpayer to subsidise sweatshops and miserable poverty pay. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We shall staunch the flow of subsidy from the taxpayer to the sweatshop owner. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Millions of children under the age of 12 work in sweatshops in ever-expanding cities to satisfy the world demand for cheap consumer goods. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Perhaps he will tell us whether that is "sweatshop" investment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If they devoted a disproportionate amount of time to so-called sweatshops, which is probably the wrong designation, other important areas would be neglected. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a problem that affects, above all, textile industries, as indeed the problem of sweatshops has throughout the centuries and many lands. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If we are to compete internationally as a nation we will not do so by paying sweatshop wages. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Their objective seems to be simply a penny-pinching, cost-cutting sweatshop economy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is no longer a matter of working in a sweatshop or starving. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That practice is growing in my constituency in the new appalling low-paying sweatshops that are springing up in the west midlands. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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