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

• 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。
• This second compromise ended the dispute over slavery in Missouri and the Louisiana territory.
  这第二个妥协结束了在密苏里州和路易斯安那地区有关奴隶制的争端。
• The churches, as everyone knows, opposed the abolition of slavery as long as they dared.
  众所周知，教会过去尽量反对废除奴隶制。
• 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。
• He struck a blow against slavery.
  他反对奴隶制度。
• Committee of Slavery and Servitude
  奴隶制和奴役问题委员会
• 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。
• She likens marriage to slavery
  她把婚姻比作奴役。
• It was a re-enactment of the same mental construct under which slavery was justified.
  这是为奴隶制辩护的同一思想观念的再现。
• So erode the slavery in the relations of production, to promote the economic development of feudalism.
  这样就破坏了奴隶制的生产关系，促进了封建经济的发展。