slave

🇬🇧 UK/sleiv/🇺🇸 US
NGSL 3kTOEFLA2

Definitions

n.

A person legally owned by another and forced to work without freedom or pay

奴隶;拼命苦干的人

v.

To work extremely hard under difficult or oppressive conditions

拼命工作,苦干

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
slaveother
=slave

Common Collocations

  • 1.slave trade奴隶贸易
  • 2.slave labor奴役劳动
  • 3.wage slave为薪水卖命的人
  • 4.slave to habit习惯的奴隶

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    Enslaved people were forced to work on plantations under brutal conditions.

  • 2.

    She felt like a slave to her demanding job, working sixteen hours a day.

  • 3.

    The transatlantic slave trade caused immeasurable suffering over centuries.

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