"thralls" in Chinese (Traditional)
奴隸僕人被束縛者
Definition
「Thralls」指完全受他人控制的人,最初是指奴隸,後來也用來形容深受某事或某人影響的人。
Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))
「Thralls」偏文學/歷史用語,指奴隸或被束縛的人。常出現於片語“in the thralls of”,意為深受某種情感或影響控制。平常口語很罕見,多用於文學語境。
Examples
In the past, some people lived as thralls with no freedom.
過去有些人作為**奴隸**生活,沒有自由。
The evil king kept many thralls in his castle.
邪惡的國王在他的城堡裡關押了許多**奴隸**。
They broke the chains and freed all the thralls.
他們打破了鎖鏈,釋放了所有的**奴隸**。
The villagers felt like thralls to their fears during the storm.
暴風雨中,村民們彷彿成了自己恐懼的**俘虜**。
He was in the thralls of addiction for many years.
他多年深陷**癮頭**難以自拔。
Some writers become thralls to their own imagination.
有些作家成了自己想像力的**奴隸**。