sweatshop
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++sweat·shop /ˈswet-ʃɒp $ -ʃɑːp/ noun [countable] BEBBa small business, factory etc where people work hard in bad conditions for very little money – used to show disapproval 血汗工厂〔工作条件恶劣而工资低微的小企业、工厂等，含贬义〕
Examples from the Corpus
sweatshop• Dad rescued her from a sweatshop.• He kept a sweatshop if anyone did.• Workers in the clothing sweatshops are lucky to make $ 140 a month.• A lawyer by training, she scuffled with agribusiness over migrant workers and supervised the government crackdown on sweatshops.• She had persuaded an Oriental sweatshop to supply her with winter wear in bulk.• They worked fourteen-hour days in textile sweatshops.• Unpleasant though sweatshops may be, some argue, any work is better than no work.• There was a plentiful supply of cheap labour that could be easily employed in tiny sweatshops.From Longman Business Dictionarysweatshopsweat‧shop /ˈswet-ʃɒp-ʃɑːp/ noun [countable] disapproving a small business, factory etc where people work very hard in poor conditions for very low payMy prices are competitive but I can’t compete with the sweatshops.sweat·shop nounChineseSyllable
work etc Business Corpus where a factory business, small people
sweatshop
sweat‧shop /ˈswet-ʃɒp $ -ʃɑːp/
noun [countable]
a small business, factory etc where people work hard in bad conditions for very little money – used to show disapproval
▪ factory a building or group of buildings in which goods are produced in large quantities, using machines: She works in a chocolate factory. | a clothing factory
▪plant a large factory where cars, chemicals, or energy is produced: Local residents are protesting about the new nuclear power plant. | a car plant | a nuclear power plant
▪facility a factory. Facility is often used instead of factory in business English: The new production facility is one of the most up-to-date in the area.
▪works used in the following compounds to describe a factory that produces a particular thing: a steelworks/ironworks/brickworks/a chemical/cement works/a printing works
▪mill a factory that produces paper, cotton, or cloth: a paper mill | The textile mill has been converted into luxury flats.
▪shipyard a place where ships are built or repaired: The vessel was built in the Kobe shipyard.
▪foundry a factory where metal is made into things using moulds: Mandela’s statue was cast here in a local foundry.
▪sweatshop disapproving a small factory where people work hard in bad conditions for very little money: The company was fined for selling goods produced in sweatshops.
sweat‧shop /ˈswet-ʃɒp $ -ʃɑːp/
noun [countable]a small business, factory etc where people work hard in bad conditions for very little money – used to show disapproval
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