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sweated labour

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Conditions of employment
ˌsweated ˈlabour British English, sweated labor American English noun [uncountable]  1. BEChard work done for very low wages, especially in a factory 〔尤指工厂的〕艰苦而工资低微的工作,血汗劳动2. BECthe people who do this work 血汗劳工
Examples from the Corpus
sweated labourAs a matter of fact, most of the London publishers send their printing to Edinburgh to get it done at half cost by sweated labour.Daily it devours whole forests and countless hours of sweated labour.
From Longman Business Dictionarysweated labourˌsweated ˈlabour British English, sweat labor American English disapproving people who work very hard for very low pay, or the work they doWorking from home is no longer associated with sweated labour. labour
ˌsweated ˈlabour nounChineseSyllable
done low for Corpus very work Business hard especially wages,


sweated labour
ˌsweated ˈlabour British English, sweated labor American English noun [uncountable]
1. hard work done for very low wages, especially in a factory
2. the people who do this work


sweated labourBrE /ˌswetɪd ˈleɪbə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˌswetɪd ˈleɪbər/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] (BrE) hard work that is done for low wages in poor conditions; the people who do this work 血汗活儿(劳动条件恶劣、工资低廉);血汗劳工