slavery

美音：['sleɪv(ə)ri] 英音：['sleɪvəri]

简单释义：

n.奴隶制；奴隶身份；蓄奴

adj.流口水的；被口水弄脏的

网络奴隶制度；奴役；苦役

完整释义：

1.奴隶制;占有奴隶
2.奴役;奴隶生活,做牛做马
3.苦役;奴隶般的劳动
4.奴隶身分,奴隶状态
5.束缚;屈从;耽迷(酒色等)
6.苦差事

adj.

1.流口水的;被口水弄脏的

例句：

Also significant was the fact that in 1847, just one of ten Philadelphia blacks had been born in slavery.
同样重要的事实是，1847年在费城，只有十分之一的黑人是出生在奴隶制下。
On a much grander scale, God's offer to liberate us from the slavery of sin is often met with resistance.
在更高的一个层面上，同样地，上帝要拯救我们脱离罪恶，祂也常遭人反抗。
Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse[A] to see it tried on him personally .
每当我听到有人为奴隶制度辩护时，我就有一种想看他亲自尝试一下的强烈冲动。（林肯说的）
Although he owned slaves, he took a moderate stance on the territorial expansion of slavery, angering fellow Southerners.
虽然他自己也有奴隶，但是他对奴隶土地扩张始终保持中立姿态，惹恼了南方人。
And how did he get from his pledge not to interfere with slavery to a decision a year later to issue an emancipation proclamation?
为何“不干涉奴隶制度”的保证在一年后即转变为提出奴隶解放宣言的决心？
Nebraska lay north of the Missouri compromise line, which had been established in eighteen twenty. Slavery was not permitted there.
内布拉斯加位于1820年所确定的密苏里妥协线的北侧，在这里是不允许有奴隶的。
Lincoln is best known for his policies on abolishing slavery and his belief in self-government; he took his job as president very seriously.
林肯最为外人所知的是他的废奴政策及对自治的信念。他严肃看待他的总统一职。
If it is wrong to enslave another, then God must be able to provide for those who follow him without resorting to slavery.
如果奴役他人是错误的，神一定会供应那些遵行他的话不蓄奴的人劳力上的需要。

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