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BNC: 8927 COCA: 4574

slavery

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slavery /ˈsleɪvəri/ noun
slavery
/ˈsleɪvəri/
noun
Learner's definition of SLAVERY
[noncount]
: the state of being a slave奴隶身份
: the practice of owning slaves奴隶制
BNC: 8927 COCA: 4574

slavery

noun

slav·​ery ˈslā-v(ə-)rē How to pronounce slavery (audio)
1
a
: the practice of slaveholding
b
: the state of a person who is held in forced servitude
c
: a situation or practice in which people are entrapped (as by debt) and exploited
… the unit has freed more than 26,000 workers nationwide from debt slavery. Under the practice, common in the Amazon, poor laborers are lured to remote spots where they rack up debts to plantation owners who charge exorbitant prices for everything from food to transportation. Vivian Sequera
Many members of my own family, including my mother and father, fled their work as sharecroppers in the South. They left for good reason: the profession offered no future and was little more than wage slavery. Will Allen
2
: submission to a dominating influence
slavery to habit
3

Example Sentences

Frederick Douglass was central advocate for the abolition of slavery. My dad put up with the slavery of working in the coal mines every day of his adult life.
Recent Examples on the Web Ahead of a trip by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to the Caribbean and Central America in March of this year to celebrate the queen, some Jamaican leaders demanded slavery reparations and local opposition in Belize forced them to cancel a trip. Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2022 Community meetings are continuing over the possibility of renaming the Sully District, represented by Supervisor Kathy Smith (D), which was named after a former slavery plantation. Antonio Olivo, Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2022 Such beliefs may stem from the myth of the pathologically dysfunctional Black family that has persisted since the era of U.S. slavery. Tanisha C. Ford, The Atlantic, 7 Sep. 2022 The United States, which is a UNESCO member country, commemorates slavery remembrance day on August 20th. Melissa Noel, Essence, 23 Aug. 2022 The main reason pork became a dominant protein in African American cuisine is slavery. Adrian Miller, Bon Appétit, 23 Aug. 2022 When the exhibition finishes at the end of August, the objects will travel to Ouidah, once a slave port, where authorities are building a new slavery museum. Elian Peltier, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Aug. 2022 When the exhibition finishes at the end of August, the objects will travel to Ouidah, once a slave port, where the authorities are building a new slavery museum. New York Times, 21 Aug. 2022 Daniel Webster, who voted for a compromise with slavery repugnant to his Massachusetts constituents, resigned his Senate seat and became secretary of state. Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, 19 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1551, in the meaning defined at sense 3

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The first known use of slavery was in 1551
BNC: 8927 COCA: 4574
slavery

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + SLAVERY | SLAVERY + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVEchattel動產奴隸制the system of chattel slavery動產奴隸制體系plantation種植園奴隸體制domestic家庭奴役Their stated aim was to free women from domestic slavery.他們宣稱的目標是把女性從家庭奴役下解放出來。child, human兒童/人類奴役racial種族奴役antebellum (= before the American Civil War) (especially NAmE) 美國內戰前的奴隸制modern, modern-day現代奴隸制economic, wage經濟/工資奴役sex, sexual性奴役The women were sold into sexual slavery.這些婦女被賣作性奴。virtual實際上的奴役Poverty forces children into virtual slavery.貧窮迫使孩子們過着奴隸般的生活。VERB + SLAVERYestablish, introduce建立/引進奴隸制Chios is said to have introduced slavery into Greece.據說是希俄斯把奴隸制引入希臘的。abolish, ban, end, outlaw, prohibit廢除奴隸制;取締奴隸制;結束奴隸制;宣佈奴隸制不合法;禁止奴隸制The Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery in 1865.1865 年第 13 條修正案廢除了奴隸制。condone, defend, justify, support縱容奴隸制;捍衞奴隸制;為奴隸制辯護;支持奴隸制condemn, denounce, oppose譴責/抨擊/反對奴隸制sell sb into把某人賣作奴隸free sb from解除某人奴隸身分be born into生為奴隸escape逃離奴役SLAVERY + NOUNreparations奴隸制賠償The Senate candidate now supports slavery reparations.如今參議院候選人支持奴隸制賠償。issue, question奴隸制問題ring奴役團夥The organization has helped to expose human slavery rings.該組織促使人口奴役團夥得以曝光。PREPOSITIONin slavery在奴役中They were living in slavery and poverty.他們遭受奴役,生活貧困。under slavery在奴隸制下conditions for children under slavery奴隸制下兒童的生活狀況PHRASESthe abolition of slavery, the end of slavery奴隸制的廢除/終結the institution of slavery奴隸制度the legacy of slavery奴隸制的遺留問題Although it ended in 1865, the legacy of slavery still remains.儘管奴隸制於 1865 年已廢除,其遺留問題仍然存在。

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