bondage
UK/ˈbɔndidʒ/US/'bɒndidʒ/
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释义
n.
The state of being a slave or under another's control; lack of freedom
奴役,束缚
n.
Physical restraint as a sexual practice
性行为中的捆绑
词根拆分
词根派生bond群体,条带,绑定
+
-age行为,状态,集合
=bondage
bond(纽带、镣铐)+ -age(状态)= 被束缚的状态。bondage 经由 bond 而非直接经由 band,但画面一致:被绑住、被按在原地、被剥夺自由的人——无论是被锁链、债务还是压迫所束缚。
常用搭配
- 1.economic bondage经济束缚
- 2.political bondage政治束缚
- 3.held in bondage被奴役
- 4.release from bondage从束缚中解放
例句
- 1.
Millions were held in bondage before slavery was abolished.
在奴隶制废除之前,数百万人被奴役。
- 2.
Heavy debt kept the farmers in economic bondage for years.
沉重的债务让农民多年困于经济束缚之中。