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Slave Slaving Person Work Sleɪv Hot Slaves Noun

This flashcard defines "slave" as a noun referring to a person owned by another and forced to work, or someone completely under another's control. It also defines "slave" as a verb meaning to work very hard, providing examples for both meanings.

English

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Collins
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/sle͟ɪv/
1
[N-COUNT 可数名词]奴隶 A slave is someone who is the property of another person and has to work for that person.
  • The state of Liberia was formed a century and a half ago by freed slaves from the United States.

    150年前,从美国获得了自由归来的奴隶建立了利比里亚。

2
[N-COUNT 可数名词]完全被控制的人;完全被影响的人 You can describe someone as a slave when they are completely under the control of another person or of a powerful influence.
  [with supp]
  • Movie stars used to be slaves to the studio system.

    电影明星过去完全受制于大制片厂制度。

3
[VERB 动词]辛苦地工作;卖命地干 If you say that a person is slaving over something or is slaving for someone, you mean that they are working very hard.
  [V over n]
  [Also V]
  [V P]
  • When you're busy all day the last thing you want to do is spend hours slaving over a hot stove.

    辛苦了一整天之后,最不愿意做的事情就是在热烘烘的炉子前再忙活上好几个钟头。

  • Slave away means the same as slave.slave away 同 slave
    • He stares at the hundreds of workers slaving away in the intense sun.

      他凝视着在炎炎烈日下辛苦劳作的几百名工人。

相关词组:
slave away

Oxford slave / sleɪv ; NAmE sleɪv /
noun
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verb
slave slaves slaved slaving
noun 1 a person who is owned by another person and is forced to work for them 奴隶 She treated her daughter like a slave. 她对待女儿像对待奴隶一样。 2 a person who is so strongly influenced by sth that they cannot live without it, or cannot make their own decisions 完全受(某事物)控制的人;完全依赖(某事物)的人 slaveof sth We are slaves of the motor car. 我们离不了汽车。 slaveto sth Sue's a slave to fashion. 苏是个拚命赶时髦的人。 3 ( technical 术语 ) a device that is directly controlled by another one 从动装置 verb [intransitive ] slave(away) (at sth) to work very hard 苦干;辛勤地工作 I've been slaving away all day trying to get this work finished. 我整天苦干,想把这项工作赶完。 I haven't got time to spend hours slaving over a hot stove (= doing a lot of cooking). 我没时间老围着灶台转。 slave / sleɪv ; NAmE sleɪv /
LDC
slave1 noun
slave2 verb
slaveslave1 /sleɪv/ ●●○ noun [countable]
Word Origin
Examples
word sets
Collocations
Phrases
1someone who is owned by another person and works for them for no moneythe slave trade (=the buying and selling of slaves, especially Africans who were taken to America)2be a slave to/of something to be so strongly influenced by something that you cannot make your own decisions – used to show disapproval:  a slave to fashion
slave1 noun
slave2 verb
slaveslave2 verb [intransitive always + adverb/preposition]
Verb Table
Examples
Thesaurus
Collocations
to work very hard with little time to restslave away (at something) I’ve been slaving away at this report.slave over He’s been slaving over his history essay.slave (away) over a hot stove (=cook – used humorously)
WDF

slave

[sleiv]slaved, slaving, slaves

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Spoken:

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slaved[430] slaves[11598] slaving[688]
奴隶(96%),做苦工(2%),做奴隶(1%),拼命干(1%)
n.奴隶;从动装置
vi.苦干;拼命工作
n.(Slave)人名;(塞、罗)斯拉韦

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