a slave to sth
此义指完全受某事物支配、无法抗拒的人，常用 a slave to + 名词或动名词。
He's a slave to fashion and buys new clothes every week.
他是时尚的奴隶，每周都买新衣服。
奴隶；被他人占有的人
slaves — plural of slave
受…支配的人；…的奴隶；屈服于…的人；苦工；像奴隶一样辛苦工作的人；性奴；性奴隶；（BDSM关系中的）顺从方；卑微的人；卑贱的人
a person who is owned by another and forced to work for them
被他人当作财产持有的奴隶,其劳动和生命受主人控制
A person who is held in servitude as the property of another person, and whose labor (and often also whose body and life) is subject to the owner's volition and control.
被他人占有的人
a person who is owned by someone
苦工；像奴隶一样工作的劳工,如契约仆人
A drudge; one who labors or is obliged (e.g. by prior contract) to labor like a slave with limited rights, e.g. an indentured servant.
像奴隶一样辛苦工作的人
someone who works as hard as a slave
卑微的人
An abject person.
完全受某种影响或他人支配的人
someone entirely dominated by some influence or person
对某事物无抵抗力的人,屈服于某事物的人
One who has no power of resistance to something, one who surrenders to or is under the domination of something.
在BDSM关系中自愿服从的顺从伴侣
A submissive partner in a BDSM relationship who consensually submits to, sexually or personally, serving one or more masters or mistresses.
被迫定期为他人或团体进行性行为的人
A sex slave, a person who is forced against their will to perform, for another person or group, sexual acts on a regular or continuing basis.
受控于另一设备的设备,如从属闪光灯或硬盘
A device (such as a secondary flash or hard drive) that is subject to the control of another (a master).
The slaves loaded the cotton onto the carts.
奴隶们把棉花装上马车。
用法提示：slaves 是 slave 的复数名词，指被他人占有并被迫劳动的人。
AI contextual example
He is a slave to his daily routine and never takes a day off.
他受日常作息支配，从不休息一天。
用法提示：slave 作名词，比喻完全受某事物控制的人。
AI contextual example
Many people are slaves to their smartphones.
许多人都是手机的奴隶。
用法提示：slaves 是 slave 的复数，此处指沉迷于某事物而无法摆脱的人。
AI contextual example
此义指完全受某事物支配、无法抗拒的人，常用 a slave to + 名词或动名词。
He's a slave to fashion and buys new clothes every week.
他是时尚的奴隶，每周都买新衣服。
work like a slave 表示极其辛苦地劳作，语气带有夸张。
She worked like a slave to finish the project on time.
为了按时完成项目，她像奴隶一样拼命干活。
用于“释放奴隶”时，free 放在宾语之后，也可说 free a slave。
The president set the slaves free after the war.
战后，总统释放了那些奴隶。
be born a slave 中 a slave 作主语补足语，说明出生时的身份。
She was born a slave but died a free woman.
她生来是奴隶，死时却是自由之身。
grammar · medium
易错句子He was treated as slave.
正确表达He was treated as a slave.
英语中单数可数名词前通常需要限定词；这里 as 引出身份，slave 是可数名词，必须加不定冠词 a。汉语没有冠词系统，所以容易漏掉 a。
grammar · medium
易错句子He is a slave of fashion.
正确表达He is a slave to fashion.
表示“受某事物支配、对某事物无法抗拒的人”时，英语固定搭配是 a slave to something，不用 of。按汉语“……的奴隶”直译成 slave of 不符合英语习惯。
grammar · medium
易错句子Many slave were freed after the war.
正确表达Many slaves were freed after the war.
slave 是可数名词，many 后必须接复数可数名词，谓语也要用复数 were。汉语名词通常没有复数形式变化，学习者容易忘记给 slave 加 -s。
奴隶贸易
The Atlantic slave trade lasted for over three centuries.
大西洋奴隶贸易持续了三百多年。
奴隶主
The slave owner forced his slaves to work from dawn to dusk.
那个奴隶主强迫他的奴隶从早干到晚。
奴隶劳动；苦役
The plantation depended on slave labor to harvest the crops.
这座种植园依靠奴隶劳动来收割庄稼。
奴隶起义
The slave revolt was quickly crushed by the army.
这场奴隶起义很快被军队镇压了。
…的奴隶；受…支配的人
He's a slave to his smartphone and checks it every minute.
他完全被智能手机支配，每分钟都要看一眼。
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