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be in thralldom to
表示处于某种控制或奴役之下。
The people were in thralldom to a cruel dictator.
人民受制于残酷的独裁者。
奴役；束缚；受制于人的状态
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奴役；束缚；受制于人的状态
the state of being under the control of another person
The people were in thralldom to a cruel dictator.
人民受制于残酷的独裁者。
受他人控制的状态
the state of being under the control of another person
He lived in thralldom to his overbearing father.
他生活在专横父亲的奴役之下。
The people suffered centuries of thralldom before gaining their freedom.
人民在获得自由之前遭受了数个世纪的奴役。
She escaped the thralldom of her job and started her own business.
她摆脱了工作的束缚，创办了自己的企业。
表示处于某种控制或奴役之下。
The people were in thralldom to a cruel dictator.
人民受制于残酷的独裁者。
常用于比喻脱离束缚或奴役。
She finally escaped from thralldom and regained her freedom.
她最终摆脱了奴役，重获自由。
后接导致束缚的事物，如成瘾、习惯等。
He could not break the thralldom of his addiction.
他无法打破毒瘾的束缚。
Not this
The people were thralldomed by the dictator.
Use this
The people were in thralldom under the dictator.
中文学习者常受母语影响，将‘奴役’翻译成动词。然而‘thralldom’是名词，意为‘奴役状态’，不可作动词。正确用法需搭配介词‘in’或‘under’表示状态。
Not this
He suffered many thralldoms in his life.
Use this
He suffered much thralldom in his life.
'thralldom'是不可数名词，表示抽象状态，不能用复数。中文学习者可能误认为可数，加-s。应改为不可数形式，或用‘much’修饰。
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