slavery 音标拼音: [sl'evɚi]
n . 奴隶的身分,奴隶状态,奴隶制度
奴隶的身分,奴隶状态,奴隶制度
slavery n 1 :
the state of being under the control of another person [
synonym : {
bondage }, {
slavery }, {
thrall }, {
thralldom },
{
thraldom }]
2 :
the practice of owning slaves [
synonym : {
slavery },
{
slaveholding }]
3 :
work done under harsh conditions for little or no pay Slavery \
Slav "
er *
y \,
n .;
pl . {
Slaveries }. [
See 2d {
Slave }.]
1 .
The condition of a slave ;
the state of entire subjection of one person to the will of another .
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Disguise thyself as thou wilt ,
still ,
slavery ,
said I ,
still thou art a bitter draught ! --
Sterne .
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I wish ,
from my soul ,
that the legislature of this state [
Virginia ]
could see the policy of a gradual abolition of slavery .
It might prevent much future mischief . --
Washington .
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2 .
A condition of subjection or submission characterized by lack of freedom of action or of will .
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The vulgar slaveries rich men submit to . --
C .
Lever .
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There is a slavery that no legislation can abolish ,
--
the slavery of caste . --
G .
W .
Cable .
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3 .
The holding of slaves .
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Syn :
Bondage ;
servitude ;
inthrallment ;
enslavement ;
captivity ;
bond service ;
vassalage .
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77 Moby Thesaurus words for "
slavery ":
abjectness ,
absolutism ,
attendance ,
baseness ,
bond service ,
bondage ,
captivity ,
control ,
debt slavery ,
deprivation of freedom ,
dirty work ,
disenfranchisement ,
disfranchisement ,
domination ,
donkeywork ,
drudge ,
drudgery ,
employ ,
employment ,
enslavement ,
enthrallment ,
fag ,
fatigue ,
feudalism ,
feudality ,
grind ,
handiwork ,
handwork ,
hard labor ,
helotism ,
helotry ,
indentureship ,
industry ,
labor ,
lick ,
lick of work ,
manual labor ,
meanness ,
menialness ,
ministration ,
ministry ,
moil ,
peonage ,
plugging ,
rat race ,
restraint ,
scut work ,
serfdom ,
serfhood ,
servility ,
servitium ,
servitorship ,
servitude ,
slavishness ,
spadework ,
strain ,
stroke ,
stroke of work ,
subjection ,
subjugation ,
submissiveness ,
subservience ,
subserviency ,
sweat ,
task ,
tendance ,
thrall ,
thralldom ,
tiresome work ,
toil ,
travail ,
treadmill ,
tyranny ,
vassalage ,
villenage ,
work ,
yoke SLAVERY .
The state or condition of a slave .
2 .
Slavery exists in most of the southern states .
In Pennsylvania ,
by the act of March ,
1780 ,
for the gradual abolition of slavery ,
it has been almost entirely removed in Massachusetts it was held ,
soon after the Revolution ,
that slavery had been abolished by their constitution ;
4 Mass .
128 ;
in Connecticut ,
slavery has been totally extinguished by legislative provisions ;
Reeve '
s Dom .
Bel .
340 ;
the states north of Delaware ,
Maryland and the river Ohio ,
may be considered as free States ,
where slavery is not tolerated .
Vide Stroud on Slavery ;
2 Kent ,
Com .
201 ;
Rutherf .
Inst .
238 .
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