slavery

英 [ˈsleɪvəri]

美 [ˈsleɪvəri]

n.  奴隶身份; 奴隶制; 蓄奴

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牛津词典

noun

• 奴隶身份
  the state of being a slave
  1. to be sold into slavery
     被卖为奴
• 奴隶制；蓄奴
  the practice of having slaves
  1. the abolition of slavery
     奴隶制的废除

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 奴隶制;蓄奴制度
  Slaveryis the system by which people are owned by other people as slaves.
  1. My people have survived 400 years of slavery.
     我们的人民从 400 年的奴隶制中挺了过来。

英英释义

noun

• the practice of owning slaves
  Synonym:slaveholding
• work done under harsh conditions for little or no pay
• the state of being under the control of another person
  Synonym:bondagethrallthralldomthraldom

双语例句

• Historically, European powers solved this dilemma through colonisation and slavery.
  从历史上看，当年欧洲强国通过殖民化和奴隶制解决了这一难题。
• You are fighting for freedom from slavery and corruption.
  你们在为自由而战，从奴役与腐败中。
• The institution of slavery was once widespread.
  奴隶制度一度广为流行。
• Fear of rapid social change made temporary acquiescence in slavery tolerable in the South.
  对飞速的社会变革的恐惧使得南部对奴隶制暂时的默许变得可以忍受。
• After 1760 few Americans refrained from condemning slavery as evil
  1760年后，很多美国人都在谴责奴隶制的社会危害。
• My people have survived 400 years of slavery.
  我们的人民从400年的奴隶制中挺了过来。
• They called on the authorities to make slavery a punishable offence.
  他们呼吁当局将蓄奴定为一种应该受到惩罚的罪行。
• By 1838, the abolitionists had shamed parliament into ending slavery in British colonies
  到1838年，废奴主义者迫使议会出于道德压力而废除了英国殖民地的奴隶制。
• The relief was indescribable. It was freedom after years of slavery. A great weight lifted from me.
  如释重负的感觉是难以言喻的。这是受多年奴役之后的自由。我卸下了一个重担。
• Slavery was abolished in the mid-19th century in America and in Russia.
  19世纪中期美国和俄国都废除了奴隶制。