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

• Because he conquered external opposition, and his own doubts, and freed the slaves.
  因为他战胜了外界的反对，战胜了自己内心的怀疑，解放了奴隶。
• 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！
• 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。
• Now they are slaves to his will.
  现在他们成为了他的奴隶。
• Fight as men, or die as slaves?
  男子汉一样地战斗，还是奴隶般死去？
• The act had a specific intent, to protect freed slaves from white mobs.
  这项法案有明确的目的，即保护被解放的奴隶免受白人暴民的伤害。
• 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。
• In a society of technology and commodity, people are prone to becoming the slaves of technology and material.
  在技术和商品社会里，人可能变成了技术和物质的奴隶。
• He and your aunt are convention's slaves.
  他和你姨妈都是世俗的奴隶。
• Millions of slaves were killed in cold blood.
  成千上万的奴隶被残酷地杀害了。