enslavement
noun [ U ] uk/ɪnˈsleɪv.mənt/ us/ɪnˈsleɪv.mənt/
奴役;束缚;征服
the act of making a slave of someone
At an early date, the Spanish government passed laws prohibiting enslavement of Indians. 在早期，西班牙政府通过法律，禁止奴役印第安人。
the organized enslavement of West African people 对西非人有组织的奴役行为
literary（对行为、思想、情感或生活等的）完全控制
the act of controlling someone's actions, thoughts, emotions, or life completely
They harbour a scepticism of global capitalism and what they view as enslavement to a foreign company. 他们对全球资本主义持怀疑态度，认为这是企图控制外国公司的行为。
Her marriage was a kind of mental enslavement. 她的婚姻是一种精神控制。
（被）奴役，（受）束缚
the process of forcing someone to remain in a bad situation
The party’s enslavement to special interests is doing harm both to the party and to the nation. 这个政党受制于特殊利益集团，这对党和国家都是有害的。
Our enslavement to fossil fuels and our emphasis on economy over environment are unnatural. 我们对化石燃料的依赖以及我们对经济而非环境的强调是非自然的。
See: enslave
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- He never allowed his years of enslavement and inhumane treatment stop him from cherishing his faith and sharing his warm personality.
- In this continuum from enslavement to emancipation to enfranchisement to empowerment, it's about the African-American community developing its assets.
- He lived for many years with his 14-year enslavement in the gulag uppermost in mind.
- Roosevelt said that Wilson's doctrine meant the enslavement of the people by the great corporations.
- We have experienced enslavement by smartphones, an avalanche of spam, a thicket of passwords we can't remember.