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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

galley slave
  1. 1. 被罚划船的犯人(或奴隶)
  2. 2. 苦工
  3. 3. [American English] [slang] 出版商

Collins English-English Dictionary

galley slave
  1. 1. n a criminal or slave condemned to row in a galley
  2. 2. n [informal] a drudge

Examples

a slave to drink
酒鬼 slave
a slave to fashion
热衷于赶时髦的人 slave
Please stop bossing me around! I'm neither your employee nor your slave.
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
My boss is a real slave driver.
我们老板真苛刻,就知道逼我们干活。 driver
How does he act like a literal slave driver?
他怎么就知道逼迫下属干活呢?
The slave escaped and became a free man.
奴隶逃跑了,成了自由人。 free
to work like a slave
像奴隶般工作 slave
a slave to sth
受某物掌控 slave
to slave over a hot stove
在灼热的炉子前忙碌 slave over
a slave to television slave

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