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 Englishslaveother
=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.