1550s, "severe toil, hard work, drudgery;" from slave (v.) + -ery. Meaning "state of servitude" is from 1570s; meaning "keeping or holding of slaves" is from 1728.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. They called on the authorities to make slavery a punishable offence.
他們呼吁當(dāng)局將蓄奴定為一種應(yīng)該受到懲罰的罪行。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. After 1760 few Americans refrained from condemning slavery as evil.