英语词汇“slavery”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

Slavery was abolished after the Civil War.

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

At first this seemed strange to some of the staff who saw it as only one step away from slavery.
Come me little washer lad, come let's away, We're bound down to slavery for fourpence a day.
He evoked portions of the Bible to justify slavery in a speech he prepared for a debate in the Alabama Senate.
However, it is a small price to pay for the end of oppression and slavery.
Madison even helped assure his fellow Virginians that slavery was more secure than ever.
That the nation must expand into Florida and make it safe for slavery was not questioned.
The reformers were charged with placing an abstract moralism above the discipline of the historical and present reality of slavery.
To make this clearer, consider the case of human slavery.

WORD SETS► Sociology

abdicate, verbaffirmative action, nounage discrimination, nounageism, nounalienation, nounalmshouse, nounbackground, nounbeatnik, nounbeggar, nounbetterment, nounbirthrate, nounbohemian, adjectivebondage, nouncarer, nouncaretaker, nouncase work, nouncaste, nouncity planning, nouncommoner, nounconditioning, nounconsumer society, nounculture, noundisease, noundosser, noundoss house, noundown-and-out, noundownwardly mobile, adjectiveeuthanasia, nounformative, adjectivegenteel, adjectivegentlefolk, noungentleman, noungentlewoman, noungentry, noungeriatric, adjectivegerontology, noungrey, adjectivehermit, nounhierarchy, nounhippie, nounHonourable, adjectiveindependence, nounindustrialism, nouninequality, nouninfrastructure, nouninner city, nouninstitution, nouninstitutionalize, verbintegrate, verbliteracy, nounlower class, nounlow life, nounmatrix, nounmeritocracy, nounmobile, adjectivemores, nounmortality, nounNew Age traveller, nounorder, nounoutreach, nounpatriarchy, nounpecking order, nounpeer pressure, nounpetty bourgeois, adjectiveplebeian, nounpolitics, nounprogress, nounrank, nounreaction, nounrear, verbreceive, verbredneck, nounrevolution, nounsecularism, nounservice, nounsexual, adjectivesister, nounslave, nounslavery, nounsnowbird, nounsocial, adjectivesocial, nounsocialization, nounsocial science, nounsocial studies, nounsocial work, nounsocial worker, nounsociety, nounsocio-, prefixsocioeconomic, adjectivesoup kitchen, nounstratified, adjectivestratum, nounstreet people, nounsubgroup, nounsuburbanite, nounsuburbia, nounsupport group, nountownie, nountown meeting, nountown planning, nountownspeople, nountramp, noununattached, adjectiveuncle, noununconventional, adjectiveunderclass, nounupwardly mobile, adjectivewhite-collar, adjectiveworking class, noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► abolish slavery

attempts to abolish slavery (=officially end it)

► sell somebody into slavery

(=sell someone as a slave)

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB► abolish

· It was suspected that he wished to abolish slavery, to found schools, to build roads and to modernize the country.· The 1787 Constitution, however liberal in tone, did not actually abolish slavery.· Was the pressure to abolish serfdom and slavery then economic?· They carried away from him the observation that only women could abolish slavery.

► born

· She was born before the turn of the century, so it is likely that her parents had been born into slavery.· Annie had been born in slavery, and this made her a notable citizen.· They had been born into slavery, and their parents and grandparents before them.

► sell

· Many were sold into slavery by their fathers when they were just 12 or 13.· Sometimes this was done by Christians selling themselves into slavery.· Some sell their children into slavery or prostitution.· During that period he claimed to have been captured by Barbary pirates near Marseilles and sold into slavery in Tunis.· In the early pages of the Old Testament, Joseph was cruelly treated by his brothers, who sold him into slavery.

单词	slavery
释义	slaveryslav‧e‧ry /ˈsleɪvəri/ ●○○ noun [uncountable] Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Slavery was abolished after the Civil War. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS At first this seemed strange to some of the staff who saw it as only one step away from slavery. Come me little washer lad, come let's away, We're bound down to slavery for fourpence a day. He evoked portions of the Bible to justify slavery in a speech he prepared for a debate in the Alabama Senate. However, it is a small price to pay for the end of oppression and slavery. Madison even helped assure his fellow Virginians that slavery was more secure than ever. That the nation must expand into Florida and make it safe for slavery was not questioned. The reformers were charged with placing an abstract moralism above the discipline of the historical and present reality of slavery. To make this clearer, consider the case of human slavery. word sets WORD SETS► Sociology abdicate, verbaffirmative action, nounage discrimination, nounageism, nounalienation, nounalmshouse, nounbackground, nounbeatnik, nounbeggar, nounbetterment, nounbirthrate, nounbohemian, adjectivebondage, nouncarer, nouncaretaker, nouncase work, nouncaste, nouncity planning, nouncommoner, nounconditioning, nounconsumer society, nounculture, noundisease, noundosser, noundoss house, noundown-and-out, noundownwardly mobile, adjectiveeuthanasia, nounformative, adjectivegenteel, adjectivegentlefolk, noungentleman, noungentlewoman, noungentry, noungeriatric, adjectivegerontology, noungrey, adjectivehermit, nounhierarchy, nounhippie, nounHonourable, adjectiveindependence, nounindustrialism, nouninequality, nouninfrastructure, nouninner city, nouninstitution, nouninstitutionalize, verbintegrate, verbliteracy, nounlower class, nounlow life, nounmatrix, nounmeritocracy, nounmobile, adjectivemores, nounmortality, nounNew Age traveller, nounorder, nounoutreach, nounpatriarchy, nounpecking order, nounpeer pressure, nounpetty bourgeois, adjectiveplebeian, nounpolitics, nounprogress, nounrank, nounreaction, nounrear, verbreceive, verbredneck, nounrevolution, nounsecularism, nounservice, nounsexual, adjectivesister, nounslave, nounslavery, nounsnowbird, nounsocial, adjectivesocial, nounsocialization, nounsocial science, nounsocial studies, nounsocial work, nounsocial worker, nounsociety, nounsocio-, prefixsocioeconomic, adjectivesoup kitchen, nounstratified, adjectivestratum, nounstreet people, nounsubgroup, nounsuburbanite, nounsuburbia, nounsupport group, nountownie, nountown meeting, nountown planning, nountownspeople, nountramp, noununattached, adjectiveuncle, noununconventional, adjectiveunderclass, nounupwardly mobile, adjectivewhite-collar, adjectiveworking class, noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► abolish slavery attempts to abolish slavery (=officially end it) ► sell somebody into slavery (=sell someone as a slave) COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB► abolish · It was suspected that he wished to abolish slavery, to found schools, to build roads and to modernize the country.· The 1787 Constitution, however liberal in tone, did not actually abolish slavery.· Was the pressure to abolish serfdom and slavery then economic?· They carried away from him the observation that only women could abolish slavery. ► born · She was born before the turn of the century, so it is likely that her parents had been born into slavery.· Annie had been born in slavery, and this made her a notable citizen.· They had been born into slavery, and their parents and grandparents before them. ► sell · Many were sold into slavery by their fathers when they were just 12 or 13.· Sometimes this was done by Christians selling themselves into slavery.· Some sell their children into slavery or prostitution.· During that period he claimed to have been captured by Barbary pirates near Marseilles and sold into slavery in Tunis.· In the early pages of the Old Testament, Joseph was cruelly treated by his brothers, who sold him into slavery. 1the system of having slaves: attempts to abolish slavery (=officially end it)2the state of being a slavesell somebody into slavery (=sell someone as a slave)
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