單詞
servitude
英 ['s??v?tju?d]
美['s?v?tud]
基本信息
- n. 勞役，奴役；地役權；奴隸狀態
GRETEM8暢通詞匯
中文詞源
servitude 奴性，奴役狀況
來自拉丁語 servitudo,奴隸身份，奴役，來自 servus,奴隸，奴仆，詞源同 serve.-ude,表狀態。
英文詞源
- servitude (n.)
- early 15c., "condition of being enslaved," from Old French servitude, servitute (13c.) and directly from Late Latin servitudo "slavery," from Latin servus "a slave" (see serve (v.)) + abstract noun suffix.
雙語例句
- 1. They may grant you power, honour, and riches but afflict you with servitude, infamy, and poverty.
- 他們可以給你權力 、 榮譽和財富,但卻用奴役 、 恥辱和貧窮來折磨你.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. The criminal was sentenced to five years'servitude.
- 這犯人被判處五年勞役.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 3. The essay exhorts women to cast off their servitude to husbands and priests.
- 該文勸告女性不要再對丈夫和牧師低三下四。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. What started as subjection by force soon became " voluntary servitude ".
- 這樣,最初的暴力征服很快就變成了 “ 甘受奴役 ”.
來自辭典例句
- 5. Such ill - paid farm work is a form of servitude.
- 這種農活兒工資低得可憐,簡直是苦役.
來自辭典例句
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