slaves

英 [sleɪvz]

美 [sleɪvz]

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
slave的第三人称单数和复数

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。

双语例句

• The descendants of ham became slaves and black.
  含的后代成为了黑人和奴隶。
• In1804, African slaves in Haiti overthrew their French rulers, creating the world's first Black Republic.
  1804年，海地的非洲奴隶推翻了法国的殖民统治，建立了世界上第一个“黑人共和国”。
• The slaves were kept in bondage until their death.
  奴隶们被奴役至死。
• Slaves were mercilessly ground down by slave holders.
  奴隶受奴隶主的残酷压迫。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves.
  亚伯拉罕·林肯解放了奴隶。
• This movement overthrew the serf system and freed a million serfs and slaves.
  这一运动推翻了农奴制，并且解放了百万农奴和奴隶。
• Lincoln gave liberty to black slaves.
  林肯给了黑奴自由。