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

• The slaves slew their masters with swords.
  奴隶们用刀杀死了主人。
• 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。
• In1804, African slaves in Haiti overthrew their French rulers, creating the world's first Black Republic.
  1804年，海地的非洲奴隶推翻了法国的殖民统治，建立了世界上第一个“黑人共和国”。
• Slaves were mercilessly ground down by slave holders.
  奴隶受奴隶主的残酷压迫。
• Lincoln insisted that the slaves should be emancipated.
  林肯坚决主张解放奴隶。
• 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。
• Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves.
  亚伯拉罕·林肯解放了奴隶。
• My villa burned down, my slaves run away.
  我的宅第被烧毁了，我的奴隶们全逃跑了。
• Millions of slaves were killed in cold blood.
  成千上万的奴隶被残酷地杀害了。