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

单词	slavery
释义	slavery I. slavery \ˈslav(ə)rē, -lāv-, -läv-, -lȧv-, -ri\ adjective Etymology: Middle English, from slaver (II) + -y archaic : slobbery, driveling II. slav·ery \ˈslāv(ə)rē, -ri\ noun (-es) Etymology: slave (I) + -ery 1. : hard work : drudgery, labor < I never rowed — about the most awful form of slavery which mankind knows — A.P.Herbert > 2. a. : submissiveness to a dominating influence : subservience < slavery to habit > < deliverance of mankind from the long slavery of want, fear and cruelty — Leslie Rees > b. : control by imposed authority : subjection < the … slavery of soldiers on the march — W.R.Inge > < all government without the consent of the governed is … slavery — Jonathan Swift > 3. : the quality or state of being a slave : the practice or institution of keeping slaves : bondage, servitude < no one shall be held in slavery or servitude — U.N. Declaration of Human Rights > < neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime … shall exist within the United States or any place subject to their jurisdcition — U.S.Constitution > < the inhuman exploitation of chattel slavery — Lewis Mumford >
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