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slave

美 [sleɪv]英 [sleɪv]
  • n.奴隶;从动装置;完全受(某事物)控制的人;完全依赖(某事物)的人
  • vi.苦干;辛勤地工作

复数: slaves 过去式: slaved 现在分词: slaving 过去分词: slaved 第三人称单数: slaves

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noun

1

奴隶
a person who is legally owned by another person and is forced to work for them

She treated her daughter like a slave.

她对待女儿像对待奴隶一样。

2

完全受(某事物)控制的人;完全依赖(某事物)的人
a person who is so strongly influenced by sth that they cannot live without it, or cannot make their own decisions

We are slaves of the motor car.

我们离不了汽车。

Sue's a slave to fashion.

休是个拼命赶时髦的人。

3

从动装置
a device that is directly controlled by another one

verb

苦干;辛勤地工作
to work very hard

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

频次

  • 1
    N-COUNT 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 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.

    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 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.

    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。

noun

1
a person who is owned by someone
2
someone who works as hard as a slave
Synonym: striver hard worker
3
someone entirely dominated by some influence or person
a slave to fashion
a slave to cocaine
his mother was his abject slave

verb

1
work very hard, like a slave
Synonym: break one's back buckle down knuckle down

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  1. I left because the job was just slave labour .

    我之所以离开是因为那工作简直是奴隶干的。

  2. She treated her daughter like a slave .

    她对待女儿像对待奴隶一样。

  3. 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。

  4. I haven 't got time to spend hours slaving over a hot stove .

    我没时间老围着灶台转。

  5. Most people don 't want to spend hours slaving over a hot stove .

    人们大都不愿意老围着灶台转。

  6. We are slaves of the motor car .

    我们离不了汽车。

  7. Slaves were not emancipated until 1863 in the United States .

    美国奴隶直到1863年才获得自由。

  8. Huge palaces were built by slave labour .

    宏伟的宫殿是奴隶建成的。

  9. Sue 's a slave to fashion .

    休是个拼命赶时髦的人。

  10. 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。

  11. Liverpool grew fat on the basis of the slave trade .

    利物浦是靠奴隶贸易肥起来的。

  12. The children were used as slave labour in gold mines in the jungle

    在丛林地带,儿童被用作开采金矿的苦役。

  13. In 1777 several northern states encouraged white masters to free their slaves for military service .

    1777年,北方的几个州鼓励白人奴隶主解放奴隶,让他们参军。

  14. Masters sometimes allowed their slaves to buy their way out of bondage .

    奴隶主们有时允许奴隶为自己赎身。

  15. The report alleges that thousands of people have been forced into slave labour by the army .

    该报告宣称,成千上万的人被军队逼迫做苦役。

  16. The determinist doctrines in question maintained that certain people were born to be slaves .

    这里所说的决定论信条坚称一些人天生就是奴隶。

  17. The act had a specific intent , to protect freed slaves from white mobs .

    这项法案有明确的目的,即保护被解放的奴隶免受白人暴民的伤害。

  18. 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。

  19. They were slaves , to be bought and sold as chattels .

    他们是奴隶,将被作为财产买卖。

  20. He 's been forced into slave labour at burger bars to earn a bit of cash .

    为了挣点钱,他被迫到卖汉堡的小店里做苦工。

  21. 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。

  22. He was in the studio tearfully erasing all the tapes he 'd slaved over

    他在录音棚里流着眼泪抹掉他辛苦录制的所有磁带。

  23. The runaway slave decided to stay in the cave because he couldn 't chance being found .

    那个逃跑的奴隶决定留在山洞里,因为他不敢冒险被人发现。

  24. The slaves of the old society have become the masters of the new society .

    旧社会的奴隶变成了新社会的主人。

  25. Fight as men , or die as slaves ?

    男子汉一样地战斗,还是奴隶般死去?

  26. Typing at that salary is slave labour .

    干薪金那么低的打字工作等于做苦工。

  27. They bow and scrape like slaves to the foreigners , willing to sell the country for their own selfish ends .

    他们对外奴颜婢膝,甘心卖国求荣。

  28. He doubled the parts of king and slave in that play .

    在那个剧里,他兼演国王和奴隶。

  29. Millions of slaves were killed in cold blood .

    成千上万的奴隶被残酷地杀害了。

  30. The slaves were kept in bondage until their death .

    奴隶们被奴役至死。

  • 短语动词

辛苦地工作;卖命地干