来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：1600年后西方社会的流行病第11集第11集》

Chadwick's idea was to economize,

查得维克的主张为减少开支
to minimize the cost of payments,

将支出降到最低
to discourage the poor from applying for relief.

不鼓励贫民申请救济
He wanted to make the experience of receiving relief

他将申请救济的过程变得
more painful than the experience of distress itself,

比自身困境还要痛苦
a principle that was dubbed "The principle of least eligibility."

这被人们称为"合格准则"
The workhouse, in other words,was to be a place of punishment,

劳教所变为人们
of pain and of suffering.

受到痛苦和折磨惩罚的地方
So, work should be, in the workhouse,

因而在劳教所里的工作
more unpleasant than any to be found in the labor market.

比劳动市场里任何其他工作都令人不愉快
And the diet should be intentionally made to be loathsome,

伙食条件也十分差
more so than what could be found by the poor outside.

甚至比外面的穷人的伙食条件都差