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servitude n.奴役；束缚；徒刑；〈法〉役劝 (1) 他们在奴役下生活。(2) 这种农活儿工资低得可怜，简直是苦役。(3) 可是除了贫穷、不自由和绝望的生活,她能给予孩子们什么呢?(4) 这犯人被判处五年劳役。 Slavery, a brutal form of servitude, existed in the United States until the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment in 1865. Before this, thousands upon thousands of African Americans were forced into servitude, where they were forced to perform labor for their masters. A key to remembering the meaning of servitude is the fact that it resembles servant. If your friend rear-ends you but doesn't have insurance, let him pay for the damage in servitude. Make him your personal assistant for a month!

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英 ['sɜːvɪtjuːd] 美 ['sɜːrvətuːd] (1) They spent their lives in servitude.(2) Such ill-paid farm work is a form of servitude.(3) Yet what could she offer them except a life of poverty, servitude and despair?(4) The criminal was sentenced to five years' servitude. If you're free-spirited you won't enjoy servitude, mainly because servitude means you have to answer to a master, like a servant does. 1[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]See also:penal servitude；奴役；苦役；完全受人支配 Servitude is the condition of being a slave or of being completely under the control of someone else. ...a life of servitude.受奴役的一生

英语单词	servitude
英美音标	英 ['sɜːvɪtjuːd] 美 ['sɜːrvətuːd]
中文释义	n.奴役；束缚；徒刑；〈法〉役劝
英语例句	(1) They spent their lives in servitude. (2) Such ill-paid farm work is a form of servitude. (3) Yet what could she offer them except a life of poverty, servitude and despair? (4) The criminal was sentenced to five years' servitude.
中文例句	(1) 他们在奴役下生活。 (2) 这种农活儿工资低得可怜，简直是苦役。 (3) 可是除了贫穷、不自由和绝望的生活,她能给予孩子们什么呢? (4) 这犯人被判处五年劳役。
vocabulary简明	If you're free-spirited you won't enjoy servitude, mainly because servitude means you have to answer to a master, like a servant does.
vocabulary扩展	Slavery, a brutal form of servitude, existed in the United States until the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment in 1865. Before this, thousands upon thousands of African Americans were forced into servitude, where they were forced to perform labor for their masters. A key to remembering the meaning of servitude is the fact that it resembles servant. If your friend rear-ends you but doesn't have insurance, let him pay for the damage in servitude. Make him your personal assistant for a month!
柯林斯解释	1 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]See also:penal servitude ；奴役；苦役；完全受人支配 Servitude is the condition of being a slave or of being completely under the control of someone else. ...a life of servitude. 受奴役的一生

Servitude Form Life Servant Thousands Forced 英 Sɜːvɪtjuːd] 美