單詞slave是什么意思?slave的基本意思是“奴隸”,指為奴隸主勞動(dòng)而沒有人身自由的人,引申可指為了謀生而出賣苦力的人,也可指完全受他人或他事物控制的人,其后常接介詞of或to。slave用作名詞時(shí),意為“奴隸”,作動(dòng)詞時(shí),意思是“奴隸般地工作”。一般用作不及物動(dòng)詞。常接介詞at,表示“被迫干某事”。

常見句型

用作名詞 (n.)

His grandfather used to be a slave.

他的祖父曾是奴隸。

He treats his wife like a slave.

他把妻子當(dāng)作奴隸看待。

Slaves used to be traded between Africa and the New World.

過去常在非洲和新大陸之間進(jìn)行奴隸買賣。

Lincoln insisted that the slaves should be emancipated.

林肯堅(jiān)決主張解放奴隸。

The tyrant was deaf to the entreaties of the slaves.

暴君聽不到奴隸們的哀鳴。

The government passed a law to suppress the slave trade.

政府頒布一條法律制止奴隸買賣。

We have to make the technology work for us, and not become its slaves.

我們必須使技術(shù)為我們服務(wù),而不是成為技術(shù)的奴隸。

用作動(dòng)詞 (v.)

用作不及物動(dòng)詞

He has been slaving in the garden for hours.

他在花園里干了數(shù)小時(shí)。

I slaved all day over a hot stove to produce this meal, and now they've hardly eaten any of it.

我一整天圍著火熱的爐子辛辛苦苦地作出這頓飯,可是他們現(xiàn)在幾乎一點(diǎn)也沒有吃。