短语和例子 slavery1 n. 1.奴隶身分,奴隶状态。 2.奴隶制;占有奴隶。 3.苦役;奴隶般的劳动。 4.束缚;屈从;耽迷(酒色等) (to)。 adj. 流口水的;被口水弄脏的。
the practice of owning slaves 同义词:slaveholding,
work done under harsh conditions for little or no pay
the state of being under the control of another person 同义词:bondage, thrall, thralldom, thraldom,
Slavery is a system under which people are treated as property to be bought and sold, and are forced to work. Slaves can be held against their will from the time of their capture, purchase or birth, and deprived of the right to leave, to refuse to work, or to demand compensation.
例句与用法
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My subject is american slavery . 我要讲的题目是:美国的奴隶制。
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Lincoln was an unbending foe of slavery . 林肯是奴隶制的死敌。
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Slavery was implicit in greek life . 在希腊人的生活中,奴隶制是得到默许的。
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They agree to pass their lives in incessant slavery . 他们同意永远做牛做马。
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Many of the negroes are held in slavery by the moors . 许多黑人是摩尔人手里的奴隶。
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There is no retreat but in submission and slavery . 后退就是投降,后退就将沦为奴隶!
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Under slavery the stranger had no rights . 在奴隶制之下,那个外来人是一点权利也没有的。
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Slavery was just recently past . 奴隶制刚刚废除。
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I had no idea that the law had been so great a slavery . 我原来不知道搞法律竟是这样大的一件苦差事啊。
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He is able to free jim from the immediate evil of slavery . 他能够把吉姆从奴隶制度的直接祸害中拯救出来。