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 /slay"veuh ree, slayv"ree/, n. 1. the condition of a slave; bondage. 2. the keeping of slaves as a practice or institution. 3. a state of subjection like that of a slave: He was kept in slavery by drugs. 4. severe toil; drudgery. [1545-55; SLAVE + -ERY] Syn. 1. thralldom, enthrallment. SLAVERY, BONDAGE, SERVITUDE refer to involuntary subjection to another or others. SLAVERY emphasizes the idea of complete ownership and control by a master: to be sold into slavery. BONDAGE indicates a state of subjugation or captivity often involving burdensome and degrading labor: in bondage to a cruel master. SERVITUDE is compulsory service, often such as is required by a legal penalty: penal servitude. 4. moil, labor.
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