Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense slaves, present participle slaving, past tense, past participle slaved
1N-COUNT 奴隶 A slave is someone who is the property of another person and has to work for that person. 奴隶
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。
2N-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. 完全被控制的人;完全被影响的人
Movie stars used to be slaves to the studio system. [+ to]
电影明星过去完全受制于大制片厂制度。
3VERB 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. 辛苦地工作;卖命地干 [Also V, V prep]
When you're busy all day the last thing you want to do is spend hours slaving over a hot stove. [VERB + over]
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.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + SLAVE | SLAVE + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤escaped, fugitive, runaway逃跑的奴隸;逃亡的奴隸➤emancipated, freed解放的/獲得自由的奴隸➤former前奴隸◇the son of former slaves前奴隸的兒子➤domestic, personal家奴➤plantation種植園奴隸➤galley槳帆船上的奴隸◇galley slaves at the oars of Mediterranean ships在地中海槳帆船上划槳的奴隸➤wage工資奴隸◇They work as wage slaves for 13 cents an hour.他們是掙工錢的奴隸,每小時掙 13 分。➤sex性奴➤virtual幾乎是奴隸◇She was forced to work as a virtual slave for a rich family.她被迫幾乎像奴隸一樣為一家富人幹活。VERB + SLAVE➤become成為奴隸▸➤have, keep, own擁有奴隸➤export, import輸出/輸入奴隸▸➤buy, take sb as買奴隸;把某人抓來當奴隸▸➤sell (sb as)販賣奴隸;把(某人)賣作奴隸▸➤use (sb as)役使奴隸;將(某人)當奴隸使喚➤treat對待奴隸◇He treated the slaves like animals.他待奴隸就像對待動物一樣。➤emancipate, free, liberate解放奴隸◇landowners who freed their slaves voluntarily自覺解放奴隸的地主SLAVE + NOUN➤labour/labor奴隸的勞動◇Without slave labour / labor, the tobacco industry would have collapsed.沒有奴隸的勞動,煙草業早就破產了。➤labourer/laborer幹苦役的奴隸▸➤master, owner, trader奴隸主;奴隸販賣者▸➤market, trade, traffic奴隸市場;奴隸買賣;非法奴隸販運◇the abolition of the slave trade廢除奴隸買賣➤ship販奴船➤population奴隸人口➤society奴隸社會◇studies comparing slave societies throughout history對歷史上奴隸社會進行的比較研究➤state蓄奴州◇Virginia was the largest slave state in the Union.聯邦最大的蓄奴州是弗吉尼亞州。➤plantation奴隸種植園➤rebellion, revolt, uprising奴隸暴動/反抗/起義➤quarters奴隸的住所◇the slave quarters at the rear of the house房子後面奴隸的住處➤girl, woman女童奴;女奴➤wages (figurative) 微薄的血汗錢◇I'll be working long hours for slave wages!為那丁點兒血汗錢我得當牛做馬好幾個小時!PREPOSITION➤slave of完全受⋯控制的人◇a slave of habit受習慣支配的人➤slave to完全依賴⋯的人◇a slave to fashion拚命趕時髦的人