servitude
英 ['s??v?tju?d]
美['s?v?tud]
- n. 勞役，奴役；地役權(quán)；奴隸狀態(tài)
GRETEM8暢通詞匯
中文詞源
servitude 奴性，奴役狀況
來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ) servitudo,奴隸身份，奴役，來(lái)自 servus,奴隸，奴仆，詞源同 serve.-ude,表狀態(tài)。
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(yǔ)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(quán)力 、 榮譽(yù)和財(cái)富,但卻用奴役 、 恥辱和貧窮來(lái)折磨你.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)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(lái)自《現(xiàn)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(duì)丈夫和牧師低三下四。
來(lái)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(lái)自辭典例句
- 5. Such ill - paid farm work is a form of servitude.
- 這種農(nóng)活兒工資低得可憐,簡(jiǎn)直是苦役.
來(lái)自辭典例句
