slavery
英 ['sle?v(?)r?]
美['slev?ri]
- n. 奴役；奴隸制度；奴隸身分
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中文詞源
slavery 奴隸制
slave,販賣奴隸，-ery,名詞后綴。
英文詞源
- slavery (n.)
- 1550s, "severe toil, hard work, drudgery;" from slave (v.) + -ery. Meaning "state of servitude" is from 1570s; meaning "keeping or holding of slaves" is from 1728.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. They called on the authorities to make slavery a punishable offence.
- 他們呼吁當(dāng)局將蓄奴定為一種應(yīng)該受到懲罰的罪行。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. After 1760 few Americans refrained from condemning slavery as evil.
- 1760年后，很多美國(guó)人都在譴責(zé)奴隸制的社會(huì)危害。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. My people have survived 400 years of slavery.
- 我們的人民從400年的奴隸制中挺了過(guò)來(lái)。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 4. They thought slavery was morally wrong.
- 他們認(rèn)為奴隸制在道義上是錯(cuò)誤的。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 5. the abolition of slavery
- 奴隸制的廢除
來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》