| 单词 | indentured |
| 释义 | indentured (once / 17694 pages) adj To be indentured is to be forced to work by some contract. It started out as a word for a contract between masters and apprentices. Now it describes anyone bound to work, like it or not, because of some deal. Use the adjective indentured to describe someone who's bound or attached in a legal sense. If you're an indentured plumber's apprentice, you have guaranteed that you'll do that job in a particular way, for a specific length of time. If you're indentured to your grandmother, you may have promised to feed her cat every day for a month. When the word is used in this casual way, it implies a sense of duty that's become a burden. WORD FAMILYindenture: indentured, indentures, indenturing+/indent: indentation, indented, indenting, indents, indenture/indentation: indentations USAGE EXAMPLESThe states were demoted from partners to indentured servants. Wall Street Journal(Dec 09, 2016) These white castaways, mainly indentured servants and convicted criminals, were shunned in the new society. Salon(Nov 19, 2016) Since the prisoners were working without payment, it was considered a form of indentured servitude. New York Times(Nov 18, 2016) adj bound by contract Syn apprenticed, articled, bound unfree hampered and not free; not able to act at will |
| 随便看 |
|
英语词典包含147318条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。