单词 | slave labour |
释义 | slave labour From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishslave labourˌslave ˈlabour British English, slave labor American English noun [uncountable]1 WORK/DO WORKwork done by slaves, or the people who do this work2 informalPAY FOR work for which you are paid an unfairly small amount of moneyExamples from the Corpusslave labour• This was only one of the disadvantages of a slave labour force.• The industry is desperate to shake off the allegation that the chocolate sold in the West may be tainted by slave labour.• Boat people, refugee camps, people-smugglers, slave labour and much of the world's poverty are the result.• With slave labour they were cheaper to build than it was to provide the necessary lead or bronze piping for alternative means.• Without slave labour the plantations of sugar and cotton could not have been as rapidly developed. |
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