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slave

英[sleɪv] |美[slev]
    n.奴隶;…。的奴隶,耽迷于…的人;奴隶般受控的人,苦工;[机]从动装置
    vi.奴隶般地工作,做苦工;买卖奴隶,运输奴隶
日语:奴隷 法语:esclave 德语:Sklave 韩语:노예 俄语:esclavo

牛津词典

noun

  1. 奴隶
    a person who is legally owned by another person and is forced to work for them
    1. 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
    1. We are slaves of the motor car.
      我们离不了汽车。
    2. 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

    1. 苦干;辛勤地工作
      to work very hard
      1. 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。
      2. 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。


    网络解释

    n. 奴隶;从动装置 vi. 苦干;拼命工作 n. (Slave)人名;(塞、罗)斯拉韦



    词形变化

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



    中文词源

    slave 奴隶,贩卖奴隶

    来自拉丁语 Sclavus,奴隶,原义为斯拉夫人。因在中世纪时斯拉夫人大量沦为奴隶而引申该 词义。



    双语例句

    1. Liverpool grew fat on the basis of the slave trade.
      利物浦是靠奴隶贸易肥起来的。
    2. 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. 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。
    4. 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。
    5. 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。
    6. 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。
    7. Typing at that salary is slave labour.
      干薪金那么低的打字工作等于做苦工。
    8. No calculating planter would care to part with a crippled slave for the current price of one dollar.
      任何精打细算的种植园主都不会为了当时的时价一美元而把这个跛脚的奴隶卖掉。
    9. The slave owners drove their slaves as they drove their cattle.
      奴隶主把奴隶当作牛马任意驱使。
    10. He doubled the parts of king and slave in that play.
      在那个剧里,他兼演国王和奴隶。
    11. Slaves were mercilessly ground down by slave holders.
      奴隶受奴隶主的残酷压迫。
    12. And a slave to him who loves you because he loves you.
      你也是爱你的人的奴隶,因为他爱了你。
    13. She was interested in slave and slavery.
      她对奴隶和奴隶制感兴趣。
    14. I was now a slave and this Turkish captain was my master.
      现在我成了奴隶,这位土耳其船长是我的主人。
    15. You not think in you have lived when slave makes society?
      你不认为你生活在了奴隶制社会里了吗?
    16. I'm not a slave, I'm a daughter.
      我又不是奴隶,我是你女儿。
    17. But I have killed this fish which is my brother and now I must do the slave work.
      可是我杀死了这条鱼,它是我的兄弟,现在我得去干辛苦的活儿了。
    18. I am the dream and the hope of the slave.
      我是奴隶的梦想和希望。
    19. You only had to be my slave for a day.
      你只要做一天我的奴隶就好了。
    20. I could be born a slave and have the identity of a slave.
      我可能出生是一个奴隶,于是我就对奴隶认同。
    21. But I am not a slave of the ceremonial.
      但是我不是一个礼仪的奴隶。
    22. This system consists of host computer and slave computer two levels system.
      系统由上位机和下位机二级系统构成。
    23. He's just become a slave to possessions and money.
      他简直成了财富和金钱的奴隶。
    24. Abraham has a child with Hagar, Sarah's slave.
      亚伯拉罕和夏甲,萨拉的奴隶,生了一个孩子。
    25. As a child I was slave to my impulses;
      作为一个孩子,我的奴隶,我的冲动;
    26. You know I can't slave for Bates again.
      你知道我不能再为贝茨卖命了。
    27. If you weren't a slave, I'd squash you now.
      你要不是个奴隶,我早就宰了你了。


    语源

    Middle English: shortening of Old French esclave, equivalent of medieval Latin sclava(feminine) Slavonic (captive): the Slavonic peoples had been reduced to a servile state by conquest in the 9th cent


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