English Dictionary

slavery

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈsleɪvəɹi/

名詞

不可算名詞 通常 比喩的用法

An institution or social practice of owning human beings as property, especially for use as forced laborers. / Forced labor in general, regardless of legality.

日本語の意味

奴隷制度 - 人間を所有財産とみなし、強制労働させる制度または社会的慣習 / 強制労働 - 違法性にかかわらず、力を伴う労働状態としての意味も含む

The museum's new exhibit examines the long history and lasting impact of slavery on modern society.

博物館の新しい展示は、人間を所有物として扱う制度の長い歴史とそれが現代社会に残した持続的な影響を検証している。

意味（1）

An institution or social practice of owning human beings as property, especially for use as forced laborers.

THAT the Constitution does not confer upon Congress power to interfere with slavery in the States, has been admitted by all parties and confirmed by all judicial decisions ever since the origin of the Federal Government. This doctrine was emphatically recognized by the House of Representatives in the days of Washington, during the first session of the first Congress,* and has never since been seriously called in question. Hence, it became necessary for the abolitionists, in order to furnish a pretext for their assaults on Southern slavery, to appeal to a law higher than the Constitution. Slavery, according to them, was a grievous sin against God, and therefore no human Constitution could rightfully shield it from destruction. It was sinful to live in a political confederacy which tolerated slavery in any of the States composing it;…

意味（2）

Forced labor in general, regardless of legality.

意味（3）

A condition of servitude endured by a slave.

If you wil willingly remaine with me, You ſhall haue honors, as your merits be: Or els you ſhal be forc’d with ſlauerie.

意味（4）

(figuratively) A condition in which one is captivated or subjugated, as by greed or drugs.

Man seeks for gold in mines that he may weave / A lasting chain for his own slavery.

slaveries （ plural ）