slaves是什么意思？

slaves

• n. 奴隶（ slave的名词复数 ），苦工；
• v. 奴隶般地工作，做苦工（ slave的第三人称单数 ）；

例句

• landowners who freed their slaves voluntarily 自愿解放奴隶的地主
• Slaver used to ship slaves from Africa to America. 奴隶贩子过去把奴隶由非洲运到美洲。
• In 1862 the American slaves won their struggle for freedom. 1862年美国黑奴赢得了争取自由的斗争。
• Slaves could be bought and sold like horses. 奴隶可以像马匹那样买卖。
• The cruel master beat his slaves mercilessly with a whip. 残暴的奴隶主用鞭子狠心地抽打奴隶。
• They did their best to liberate slaves. 他们尽最大能力去解放奴隶。
• Slaves were mercilessly ground down by slave holders. 奴隶受奴隶主的残酷压迫。
• societies based on the exploitation of slaves 基于奴隶剥削的社会
• The tyrant was deaf to the entreaties of the slaves. 暴君听不到奴隶们的哀鸣。
• slaves who had been dehumanized by their abysmal condition 被极端恶劣的条件剥夺了人性的奴隶

英语六级真题

Early slaves were generally denied education, but Wheatley was allowed by her owner to study poetry, Latin and the Bible.
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In very literary styles, the newly resurfaced manuscripts offered a rich stock of African-American culture,recreating among other things the early days of slavery and the importance of religion to the slaves
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Religious scripts popular among slaves in America.
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柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  奴隶
  A slave is someone who is the property of another person and has to work for that person.
  例句
  The state of Liberia was formed a century and a half ago by freed slaves from the United States. 150年前，从美国获得了自由归来的奴隶建立了利比里亚。
• N-COUNT
  完全被控制的人;完全被影响的人
  You can describe someone as a slave when they are completely under the control of another person or of a powerful influence.
  例句
  Movie stars used to be slaves to the studio system. 电影明星过去完全受制于大制片厂制度。
• VERB
  辛苦地工作;卖命地干
  If you say that a person is slaving over something or is slaving for someone, you mean that they are working very hard.
  例句
  When you're busy all day the last thing you want to do is spend hours slaving over a hot stove. 辛苦了一整天之后，最不愿意做的事情就是在热烘烘的炉子前再忙活上好几个钟头。