ser.vi.tude HsV:7vI7tjU:d, $5sV:r7vI7tU:d n [U] fml the state of being under the control of someone else and of having no freedom 苦役;奴役;劳役 In the past, the majority of women were consigned to a lifetime of servitude and poverty. 过去，大多数的妇女一生陷入劳役与贫穷的境地。