slave

US [sleɪv]
UK [sleɪv]
  • n.奴隶；完全受（某事物）控制的人；完全依赖（某事物）的人；从动装置
  • v.苦干；辛勤地工作
  • Web从盘；从设备；从属
Plural Form：slaves  Present Participle：slaving  Past Tense：slaved  

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Slave
n.
1.
奴隶a person who is owned by another person and is forced to work for them
She treated her daughter like a slave.
她对待女儿像对待奴隶一样。
2.
完全受（某事物）控制的人；完全依赖（某事物）的人a person who is so strongly influenced by sth that they cannot live without it, or cannot make their own decisions
We are slaves of the motor car.
我们离不了汽车。
Sue's a slave to fashion.
休是个拼命赶时髦的人。
3.
从动装置a device that is directly controlled by another one
v.
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~ (away) (at sth)
苦干；辛勤地工作to work very hard
I've been slaving away all day trying to get this work finished.
我整天苦干，想把这项工作赶完。
I haven't got time to spend hours slaving over a hot stove(= doing a lot of cooking) .
我没时间老围着灶台转。

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1.
The technology can become a bit of a slave driver. It is so efficient, though.
技术能够变成有点像苛刻的主人，但它是那么高效。
jì shù néng gòu biàn chéng yǒu diǎn xiàng kē kè de zhǔ rén , dàn tā shì nà me gāo xiào 。
article.yeeyan.org
2.
If you were a slave when called, do not worry, yet if you can gain your freedom, take the opportunity.
你是作奴隶蒙召的吗？你不要介意，而且即使你能成为自由人，你也宁要守住你原有的身份。
nǐ shì zuò nú lì méng zhào de ma ? nǐ bú yào jiè yì , ér qiě jí shǐ nǐ néng chéng wéi zì yóu rén , nǐ yě níng yào shǒu zhù nǐ yuán yǒu de shēn fèn 。
www.ccreadbible.org
3.
He also proposed that Congress declare that it had no power to interfere with the slave trade between states.
他还建议，国会应该宣布，它无权干涉州与州之间的奴隶贸易。
tā hái jiàn yì , guó huì yīng gāi xuān bù , tā wú quán gān shè zhōu yǔ zhōu zhī jiān de nú lì mào yì 。
article.yeeyan.org
4.
But in "The Slave Hunters" , it seemed that each character had a story of his own, like in the [U. S. TV series] "Band of Brothers" .
但在《推奴》，每一个角色背后都有一个属于他自己的故事，就像美剧《兄弟连》那样。
dàn zài 《 tuī nú 》 , měi yī gè jué sè bèi hòu dōu yǒu yī gè shǔ yú tā zì jǐ de gù shi , jiù xiàng měi jù 《 xiōng dì lián 》 nà yàng 。
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5.
She had never struck a slave in all her life, but now she slapped the black cheek with all the force in her tired arm.
她有生以来还没有打过奴仆，可此刻她使出了那只疲乏手臂的全部力气在百里茜的黑脸上抽了一记耳光。
tā yǒu shēng yǐ lái hái méi yǒu dǎ guò nú pú , kě cǐ kè tā shǐ chū le nà zhī pí fá shǒu bì de quán bù lì qi zài bǎi lǐ qiàn de hēi liǎn shàng chōu le yī jì ěr guāng 。
dictsearch.appspot.com
6.
Will he make an agreement with you for you to take him as your slave for life?
岂肯与你立约，使你拿他永远作奴仆吗？
qǐ kěn yǔ nǐ lì yuē , shǐ nǐ ná tā yǒng yuǎn zuò nú pú ma ?
new.fuyinchina.com
7.
A man of strong will feels in control of his own life while a man of weak will feels himself to be a slave to his fate.
意志坚强的人主宰自己的人生，而意志薄弱者甘愿受命运摆布。
yì zhì jiān qiáng de rén zhǔ zǎi zì jǐ de rén shēng , ér yì zhì bó ruò zhě gān yuàn shòu mìng yùn bǎi bù 。
wenku.baidu.com
8.
And behold, one of those with Jesus stretched out his hand and drew his sword, and struck the slave of the high priest and took off his ear.
看哪，同耶稣在一起的人中，有一个伸手拔出刀来，将大祭司的奴仆砍了一刀，削掉了他一个耳朵。
kàn nǎ , tóng yē sū zài yì qǐ de rén zhōng , yǒu yī gè shēn shǒu bá chū dāo lái , jiāng dà jì sī de nú pú kǎn le yī dāo , xiāo diào le tā yī gè ěr duo 。
edu.china.com
9.
You told me that life is not the slave of the mind but the lover of the heart.
你说生活不是理智的奴役，而是心性之所爱。
nǐ shuō shēng huó bú shì lǐ zhì de nú yì , ér shì xīn xìng zhī suǒ ài 。
gb.cri.cn
10.
I am your fellow slave and a fellow slave of your brothers the prophets and of those who keep the words of this scroll. Worship God.
我与你、和你的弟兄众申言者、并那些守这书上之话的人，同是作奴仆的，你要敬拜神。
wǒ yǔ nǐ 、 hé nǐ de dì xiōng zhòng shēn yán zhě 、 bìng nà xiē shǒu zhè shū shàng zhī huà de rén , tóng shì zuò nú pú de , nǐ yào jìng bài shén 。
lambfollower.keeptheoneness.org