slave

英 [sleɪv]

美 [sleɪv]

n.  奴隶; 完全受(某事物)控制的人; 完全依赖(某事物)的人; 从动装置
v.  苦干; 辛勤地工作

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

高考CET4CET6考研TOEFL计算机

Collins.2 / BNC.3948 / COCA.2727

短语动词

牛津词典

noun

• 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。
• 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。
• 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
  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。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 奴隶
  Aslaveis someone who is the property of another person and has to work for that person.
  1. 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。
• N-COUNT 完全被控制的人;完全被影响的人
  You can describe someone as aslavewhen they are completely under the control of another person or of a powerful influence.
  1. 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。
• VERB 辛苦地工作;卖命地干
  If you say that a personis slaving oversomething oris slaving forsomeone, you mean that they are working very hard.
  1. 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。
  2. Slave awaymeans the same asslave.
     slave away 同 slave
  3. 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。

英英释义

noun

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

verb

• work very hard, like a slave
  Synonym:break one's backbuckle downknuckle down

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He's just become a slave to possessions and money.
  他简直成了财富和金钱的奴隶。
• 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。
• But I am not a slave of the ceremonial.
  但是我不是一个礼仪的奴隶。
• She was interested in slave and slavery.
  她对奴隶和奴隶制感兴趣。
• You know I can't slave for Bates again.
  你知道我不能再为贝茨卖命了。