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peon /'pi: an; 'pisn/ n 1 (in Latin America) unskilled farm worker, esp one who is not wholly free. (拉丁美洲的) 不熟练的农场工人 (尤指不太自由者); 被迫以劳役偿债的工人。 2 (in India and Pakistan) office messenger; orderly. (印度及巴基斯坦的) (机关的) 信差; 传令兵。 ~ age /-ids; -ids/ n [U] system of employing ~s (1); (legal) use of indebtedness to compel sb to work. 劳役偿债制度; (法律) 劳役偿债。 |