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slavesleIvn [C]a person who is legally owned by someone else, who works as a servant for that person, and who has no personal freedom奴隶Black slaves used to work on the cotton plantations of the southern United States.黑奴们过去总是在美国南方棉花种植园干活。I'm tired of being treated like a slave.我对被像奴隶似地对待感到厌倦了。(fig.) Since Alan bought a computer, he's become a real slave to it (= has become dependent on it).自从艾伦买了一台电脑后，他真正成了它的一名奴隶。(fig.) She's a slave of / to (= is strongly influenced by) fashion.她是个拼命赶时髦的人。(infml) My father is a real slave driver (= a person who makes other people work very hard).我父亲真是个奴隶监工。In the past, slave labour (= work done by slaves) was used in the sugar fields of the West Indies.在过去，奴隶劳动力被用在西印度群岛的甘蔗地里。(infml) It's slave labour (= hard work for little money) working in that office.在那个办公室里工作是苦役。The slave trade was the catching, transporting and selling of Africans as slaves, which happened esp. from the 16th to 19th centuries.奴隶贩卖
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