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Slave Person Slaving Property Spend Day Working N Count

英语单词 slave
英美音标 英 [sleɪv] 美 [sleɪv]
中文释义 n.奴隶;像奴隶般受制的人;【机】从动装置
v.做苦工;做奴隶;拼命干
英语例句 (1) This slave dreamed of becoming a freeman.
(2) The boy was caught and sold to be a galley slave.
(3) He is a slave to drink.
(4) Why should I slave away all my life !
(5) We are born to slave it for our lord.
中文例句 (1) 这个奴隶梦想着成为一个自由人。
(2) 这个男孩被抓住,并被卖到战舰上做奴隶。
(3) 他是个酒鬼。
(4) 我为什么要辛辛苦苦地干一辈子呀!
(5) 我们是生来为君王效犬马之劳的。
vocabulary简明 Someone who is the property of another person is called a slave. To own a slave is morally and legally wrong; people should be free.
vocabulary扩展 Throughout history there have been slaves, and in some parts of the world some people still force others into slavery. Often the word is used more loosely. You might buy a lot of clothes because you're a slave to the latest fashion trends. You could spend all day in the kitchen, preparing 12 casseroles, working like a slave. That kind of exaggeration is common, but don't kid yourself: nothing is really similar to — or as horrible as — being a slave.
柯林斯解释
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。

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