thrall

英 [θrɔːl]

美 [θrɔːl]

n.  控制;奴役;束缚

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BNC.21396 / COCA.21491

习惯用语

n.

in (sb's/sth's) thrallin thrall to sb/sth
• 受…控制；深受…影响
  controlled or strongly influenced by sb/sth

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 控制;奴役;束缚
  If you say that someone isin thrall toa person or thing, you mean that they are completely in their power or are greatly influenced by them.
  1. He is not in thrall to the media...
     他不受制于媒体。
  2. Tomorrow's children will be even more in the thrall of the silicon chip.
     将来硅片对孩子们的影响将进一步加深。

英英释义

noun

• someone held in bondage
• the state of being under the control of another person
  Synonym:bondageslaverythralldomthraldom

双语例句

• The poet was in thrall to the sophisticated woman.
  这位诗人完全听凭于这个老于世故的女人的摆布。
• To keep her under his thrall.
  来控制她让她成为自己的奴隶。
• Not His ascendency alone, however, held me in thrall at present.
  目前束缚着我的不只是他的支配地位。
• Anti-thrall leaders agitated the question of thrall for many years.
  反对奴隶制的领袖们就奴隶制问题进行了多年的激烈争论。
• Also: Thrall summons spirit wolves!
  还：崇信传票精神的狼！
• Thrall: The horse men look as if they're dressed for war.
  萨尔：这些人马似乎在准备开战。
• The story held me in thrall.
  这故事把我吸引住了。
• The story held me in thrall. We were all very taken with her.
  这故事把我吸引住了。我们都被她吸引住了。
• Her beauty held him in thrall.
  她的美貌征服了他。
• British people are as in thrall to their royal family as you are.
  英国人和你一样，被他们的皇室家庭所束缚着。