enslave
/ɪnˈsleɪv/verb
with obj.
1- make (someone) a slave使成为奴隶; 奴役。
1.1
- cause (someone) to lose their freedom of choice or action使失去选择(或行动)的自由:
they were enslaved by their need to take drugs.
吸毒的需要使他们身不由己。
派生词
enslavement
nounenslaver
noun词源
early 17th cent. (in the sense 'make (a person) subject to a superstition, passion, etc.'; formerly also as inslave): from EN-1 , IN-2 (as an intensifier) + SLAVE.