单词:slavery
[法] 奴隶制度, 奴役, 苦役
n. work done under harsh conditions for little or no pay
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slavery的用法和样例:
例句
- They were delivered from slavery.他们从奴役中被解放出来。
- We shall never submit ourselves to slavery.我们不甘受奴役。
- Lincoln was an unbending foe of slavery.林肯是奴隶制的死敌。
- All humanitarians are against slavery.所有人道主义者都反对奴隶制。
- However, the Israelite people, accustomed to slavery and uncertain of freedom, soon rebelled against God.然而,以色列人,习惯了奴隶身份和不确定的自由,很快又再反抗神了。
- After Harriet Tubman escaped from slavery, she returned to slave-holding states many times to help other slaves escape.自奴隶身份脱逃后,海丽特塔布曼多次往返于赞成奴隶制度的各州内,帮助其他的奴隶逃亡。
词汇搭配
- white slavery拐卖妇女为娼...
- economic slavery经济奴役
- wage slavery system雇用奴隶制
- chattel slavery奴役制度
经典引文
Such people..ought never to keep servants, but do their own slavery.
出自:Daily News
- servitude奴役
- bondage奴役
- serfdom农奴身份
- sweat汗水
- labor工人
- thraldom奴役
- thralldom奴隶的身份
- captivity囚禁
- oppression压抑
- suppression镇压
- repression抑制
- enslavement奴役
- vassalage家臣身份
- thrall奴隶
- slaveholding拥有奴隶
- liberty自由
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