slave

/sleɪv/ n. / v.
标准词条 CET-4
一句话记住

奴隶；苦干；拼命工作

释义与例句

n. 奴隶
a person who is legally owned by another person and forced to work for them
  1. Millions of slaves were freed after the Civil War.
    内战后数百万奴隶获得了自由。
  2. He treated his workers like slaves, paying them almost nothing.
    他把工人当奴隶使唤，几乎不给他们报酬。
展开其余 1 条例句
  1. She felt like a slave to her daily routine.
    她觉得自己成了日常作息的奴隶。
v. 苦干；拼命工作
to work very hard for a long time, often for little reward
  1. He slaved away in the kitchen preparing dinner for twenty guests.
    他在厨房里拼命干活，为二十位客人准备晚餐。
  2. She slaved for years to save enough money for a house.
    她苦干多年才攒够买房的钱。
展开其余 1 条例句
  1. They slaved all weekend to finish the project on time.
    他们整个周末拼命工作以按时完成项目。

词源与构词

记忆钩子 音似"死累屋"→在屋里累死累活→奴隶、苦干

词族与关联词

词族（同一词根派生出的不同词性或形式）
  • slavery 奴隶制
    名词形式
  • slavish 奴隶般的；盲从的
    形容词形式
同义词
  • servant 仆人
    slave 是被迫且无自由，servant 是受雇佣的
    The servant opened the door for the guests. 仆人为客人开门。
反义词
  • master 主人
    奴隶制度中的对立面
    The master treated his slaves harshly. 主人残酷地对待他的奴隶。
常见搭配
  • slave away 拼命干
    She slaved away all day on the report. 她一整天拼命写报告。
  • slave to fashion 时尚的奴隶
    She is a slave to fashion and buys new clothes weekly. 她是时尚的奴隶，每周都买新衣服。
  • escape slavery 摆脱奴役
    He managed to escape slavery at the age of sixteen. 他在十六岁时设法摆脱了奴役。