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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- galley slave
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1.
被罚划船的犯人(或奴隶)
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2.
苦工
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3.
[American English]
[slang]
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Collins English-English Dictionary
- galley slave
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1.
n
a criminal or slave condemned to row in a galley
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2.
n
[informal]
a drudge
Examples
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a slave to drink
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酒鬼
→ slave
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a slave to fashion
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热衷于赶时髦的人
→ slave
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Please stop bossing me around! I'm neither your employee nor your slave.
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拜托不要对我呼来喝去的!我不是你的员工也不是你的奴隶。
→ boss
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My boss is a real slave driver.
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我们老板真苛刻,就知道逼我们干活。
→ driver
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How does he act like a literal slave driver?
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他怎么就知道逼迫下属干活呢?
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The slave escaped and became a free man.
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奴隶逃跑了,成了自由人。
→ free
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to work like a slave
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像奴隶般工作
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a slave to sth
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受某物掌控
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to slave over a hot stove
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在灼热的炉子前忙碌
→ slave over
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a slave to television
→ slave
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