slave

noun

1. a person who is owned by someone

2. someone who works as hard as a slave

Synonym: striverhard worker

3. someone entirely dominated by some influence or person

e.g. a slave to fashion
a slave to cocaine
his mother was his abject slave

verb

1. work very hard, like a slave

Synonym: break one's backbuckle downknuckle down

1. 奴隶
A slave is someone who is the property of another person and has to work for that person.

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e.g. The state of Liberia was formed a century and a half ago by freed slaves from the United States.
150年前，从美国获得了自由归来的奴隶建立了利比里亚。

2. 完全被控制的人;完全被影响的人
You can describe someone as a slave when they are completely under the control of another person or of a powerful influence.

e.g. Movie stars used to be slaves to the studio system.
电影明星过去完全受制于大制片厂制度。

3. 辛苦地工作;卖命地干
If you say that a person is slaving over something or is slaving for someone, you mean that they are working very hard.

e.g. When you're busy all day the last thing you want to do is spend hours slaving over a hot stove.
辛苦了一整天之后，最不愿意做的事情就是在热烘烘的炉子前再忙活上好几个钟头。

相关词组：slave away

1. slave的反义词

1. 从属：使用I/O从属 I/O从属(slave)是专用的进程,其惟一功能是执行I/O. 它们代替Oracle 7的多个DBWR特性(实际上它们是多个DRWR的概括,可以由其它进程分布). 不管异步I/O是否可用,它们都可以操作. 若设置的话,它们被从LARGE_POOL_SIZE分配,