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

单词	servitude
释义	ser·vi·tude \ˈsərvəˌtüd, ˈsə̄v-, ˈsəiv-, -və.ˌtyüd\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin servitudin-, servitudo, from servus slave, servant + -tudin-, -tudo -tude — more at serve 1. : the condition of a slave or serf : a state of subjection to an owner or master : bondage, serfdom, slavery < neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States — U.S. Constitution > 2. a. : subjection to foreign overlordship or political oppression : subjugation by a conqueror or tyrant < society may be expected to disintegrate and fall into servitude when men deny … these realities and transcendent obligations — Michael Polanyi > b. : a particular imposition or term imposed on a defeated or subject people < meant the overthrow of many of the servitudes placed upon them by the peace treaties — C.E.Black & E.C.Helmreich > 3. : a subjection likened to that of slavery : an unworthy subservience < by criticizing religion they would attempt to free the religious spirit from its present servitude — Virginia Woolf > 4. archaic : the state of being a servant (as a domestic servant or an indentured servant) 5. archaic : the service of an apprentice : apprenticeship 6. : penal servitude 7. : a right in respect of an object (as land owned by one person) in virtue of which the object is subject to a specified use or enjoyment by another person or for the benefit of another thing < the common-law easement is a species of servitude > — compare negative easement, positive easement
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