hard labour

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But once a person has enough money to free himself from thin gruel and hard labour, extra income has less to add.
但當(dāng)一個人收入提高，使自己免受稀粥和辛苦工作的折磨后，收入增加對身高的影響就不明顯了。
Whereyou can pro- duce only a slim economic surplus, or scarcely any surplus at all, you will perish without ceaseless hard labour.
在那時，你只能有一點生產(chǎn)剩余，或者根本沒有剩余，你只有不停歇的艱辛的勞動才能生存。
Importantly, this means getting along with those who have been promoted internally after three years of hard labour as analysts.
重要的是，這意味著要與那些經(jīng)過三年艱苦分析員工作被內(nèi)部提升為經(jīng)理的人打交道。

But it could be even bigger if Asians enjoyed the full fruits of their hard labour, rather than subsidising Western consumers through undervalued currencies.
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a punishment for criminals, especially used in the past, that involves a lot of tiring physical work

Hard labour is hard physical work which people have to do as punishment for a crime.