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单词 slavery
释义
slavery
noun[U]
uk
/ˈsleɪ.vər.i/
us
/ˈsleɪ.ɚ.i/
C1
theactivityof havingslavesor theconditionof being aslave
奴隶制,蓄奴;奴隶身份
Slavery stillexistsin manypartsof theworld.在世界上许多地方奴隶制依然存在。
Millions of Africans weresoldintoslavery.数百万非洲人曾被贩卖为奴。
More examples
  • William Wilberforcecampaignedfor theabolitionof slavery.
  • The American Civil War wasfoughtbetween theNorthand theSouthpartlyover theissueof slavery.
  • Beneath thesurfaceofcontemporaryWestIndianlifelurkmemoriesof slavery.
  • Franceabolishedslavery onApril27, 1848.
  • HisAfrican-Americanparentshadfledfrom Kentucky toescapeslavery.

Examplesofslavery

slavery
This includes an analysis of the legacies of plantationslavery, immigration and a frontier-society for social structures, race relations, and the use of land.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Slaveryis here imagined as occurring within the mind, as lack of independence from a particular idea or way of thinking.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The interplay of hierarchy and independence occurs in all of the incidents of employment attached to the offices charged with the enforcement ofslavery.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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