Wordiyoslavery
🇬🇧 UK/'sleivәri/🇺🇸 US
B1
Definitions
n.
The practice of owning people as property and forcing them to work; any condition of severe servitude.
奴隶制度；奴役状态，苦役
🧩 Root Breakdown
Native Englishslaveother
+
ryplace of, art of, collection
=slavery
Common Collocations
- 1.abolish slavery废除奴隶制
- 2.modern slavery现代奴役
- 3.slavery and oppression奴役与压迫
- 4.reduce to slavery使沦为奴隶
Example Sentences
- 1.
The abolition of slavery in the United States came after a devastating civil war.
- 2.
Many workers in those factories endured conditions that amounted to modern slavery.
- 3.
She felt that her demanding job had reduced her to a kind of voluntary slavery.