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奴隶 A slave is someone who is the property of another person and has to work for that person.
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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。
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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.
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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。
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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.
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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
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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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- 相关词组：
- slave away
- Noun
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1. a person who is owned by someone
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2. someone who works as hard as a slave
- synonym： striver，hard worker
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3. someone entirely dominated by some influence or person;
- "a slave to fashion"
- "a slave to cocaine"
- "his mother was his abject slave"
- Verb
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1. work very hard, like a slave
- synonym： break one's back，buckle down，knuckle down
- Adjective
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1. held in servitude;
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- 1.【修】从(属)，随动[S]
- 1. Don't be a slave to custom.
- 不要做风俗习惯的奴隶。
来自《用法词典》
- 2. John Brown and his associates were tried for conspiring to overthrow the slave states.
- 约翰·布朗和他的合伙者们由于密谋推翻实行奴隶制度的美国各州而被审讯。
来自《用法词典》
- 3. Slaves were mercilessly ground down by slave holders.
- 奴隶受奴隶主的残酷压迫。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. Smith says he smokes fifty cigarettes a day; he's a slave to smoking.
- 史密斯说他一天抽50支香烟，他真是一个烟鬼。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. The old factory hand treat the tenderfoot like their slave.
- 工厂里的老手拿新手当奴隶般对待。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 6. Typing at that salary is slave labour.
- 干薪金那么低的打字工作等于做苦工。
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
