| 单词 | enslave |
| 释义 | enslave (once / 1329 pages) v To enslave someone is to force that person to work for no pay, to obey commands, and to lose his or her freedom. The ancient Greeks were known to enslave groups of people they defeated in military battles. It's less common today for one group of people to enslave another, but unfortunately it does still happen. You might also encounter enslave being used in a figurative way, to describe something that takes over a person's freedom to make choices in some way: "Being hooked on cigarettes just enslaves her — she tries to quit, but she can't." Enslave comes from the "make into" prefix, en-, and slave, "person who is the property of another." WORD FAMILYenslave: enslaved, enslavement, enslaves, enslaving+/enslavement: enslavements/slave: enslave, non-slave, slaved, slaveless, slavelike, slaver, slavery, slaves, slaving, slavish/slaver: slavered, slavering, slavers/slavery: slaveries/slavish: slavishly USAGE EXAMPLESA new generation of social historians analyzed the concerns of marginalized groups — workers, women, free and enslaved African-Americans, and Native Americans, among others. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) Nearly 46 million people are enslaved globally, according to the 2016 Global Slavery Index, which estimated there were 11,700 victims living in Britain. Reuters(Dec 28, 2016) In the 1840s, New York Life, the nation’s third-largest life insurance company, sold 508 policies on enslaved men and women. New York Times(Dec 23, 2016) v make a slave of; bring into servitude Hyper subject, subjugate make subservient; force to submit or subdue |
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