网络释义英英释义
Slave Labour
- abstract: "Slave Labour" is a mural that was painted by a British graffiti artist, Banksy, on the side wall of a Poundland store in Wood Green, London in May 2012, an area that had been significantly damaged by the London riots in 2011. The artwork is 48 by 60 inches, depicts an urchin child at a sewing machine assembling a bunting of Union Jack patches.
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柯林斯英汉双解大词典
slave labour
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N-UNCOUNT Slave labour refers to slaves or to work done by slaves. 奴隶; 奴隶干的活
例：The children were used as slave labour in gold mines in the jungle.
在丛林地带，儿童被当作苦役用来开采金矿。
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N-UNCOUNT If people work very hard for long hours for very little money, you can refer to it as slave labour. 苦工; 工作时间长、报酬低的工作 [表不满]
例：He's been forced into slave labour at burger bars to earn a bit of cash.
为了挣点小钱，他被迫到汉堡吧去打工。
双语例句权威例句
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Huge palaces were built by slave labour.
宏伟的宫殿是奴隶建成的。
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The economy of Athens rested on an immense amount of slave labour.
雅典的经济以大规模的奴隶劳动为基础。
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The author believes that Greene's concealed agenda in "Journey Without Maps" was to act as eyes and ears for the Anti-Slavery Society, concerned at that time about slave Labour conditions in Liberia.
作者认为格林当时关心利比里亚的奴役劳工状况，其在《没有地图的旅途》有一段秘密任务就是作为反奴隶制社会的耳目。
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