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

• 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。
• Lincoln liberated American slaves.
  林肯解放了美国奴隶。
• 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。
• Men and women, children and adults, nobles and slaves, I salute you all!
  男人和女人，小孩和大人，贵族和奴隶，我为你们喝彩！
• That war preserved the Union and emancipated the slaves
  那场战争保住了联邦政府，并解放了奴隶。
• 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。
• Masters sometimes allowed their slaves to buy their way out of bondage.
  奴隶主们有时允许奴隶为自己赎身。
• Lincoln insisted that the slaves should be emancipated.
  林肯坚决主张解放奴隶。
• 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。
• My villa burned down, my slaves run away.
  我的宅第被烧毁了，我的奴隶们全逃跑了。