slavery
英 [ˈsleɪvəri] 美 [ˈslevəri, ˈslevri]

n.

奴隶身份；奴隶制度；苦役，奴隶般的劳动；奴役，束缚，屈从，耽迷（酒色等）

英英释义

slavery

• n.
  • the state of being under the control of another person

    同义词：bondagethrallthralldomthraldom

  • the practice of owning slaves

    同义词：slaveholding

  • work done under harsh conditions for little or no pay

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

1. They were delivered from slavery.
   他们从奴役中被解放出来。
2. We shall never submit ourselves to slavery.
   我们不甘受奴役。
3. Lincoln was an unbending foe of slavery.
   林肯是奴隶制的死敌。
4. All humanitarians are against slavery.
   所有人道主义者都反对奴隶制。
5. However, the Israelite people, accustomed to slavery and uncertain of freedom, soon rebelled against God.
   然而，以色列人，习惯了奴隶身份和不确定的自由，很快又再反抗神了。
6. After Harriet Tubman escaped from slavery, she returned to slave-holding states many times to help other slaves escape.
   自奴隶身份脱逃后，海丽特塔布曼多次往返于赞成奴隶制度的各州内，帮助其他的奴隶逃亡。

权威例句

The Political Economy of Slavery
Disposable People:New Slavery in the Global Economy
Disposable Peaple: New Slavery in the Global Economy
Cultural Trauma: Slavery and the Formation of African American Identity
STRENGTH IS IGNORANCE; SLAVERY IS FREEDOM: MANAGING CULTURE IN MODERN ORGANIZATIONS*
Many Thousands Gone: The First Two Centuries of Slavery in North America
Without consent or contract : the rise and fall of American slavery
Scenes of Subjection: Terror, Slavery, and Self-Making in Nineteenth-Century America by Saidiya V. Hartman
Transformations in Slavery: A History of Slavery in Africa. By Paul E. Lovejoy (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1983. x plus ...
Many Thousands Gone: The First Two Centuries of Slavery in North America . By Ira Berlin ( Cambridge, Mass. , Harvard University Pre...