settlement house
noun /ˈsetlmənt haʊs/
/ˈsetlmənt haʊs/
(especially North American English)- a public building in an area of a large city that has social problems, that provides social services such as advice and training to the people who live there
社区福利服务之家，街坊文教馆（为邻里提供多方面服务） - He volunteered to work at an inner-city settlement house.
他自愿在市中心的一个居民区工作。 - the settlement houses in slum areas of London in the 1880s
19世纪80年代伦敦贫民区的住宅
- He volunteered to work at an inner-city settlement house.