thrall

英 [θrɔːl]

美 [θrɔːl]

n.  控制;奴役;束缚

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BNC.21396 / COCA.21491

习惯用语

n.

in (sb's/sth's) thrallin thrall to sb/sth
• 受…控制；深受…影响
  controlled or strongly influenced by sb/sth

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 控制;奴役;束缚
  If you say that someone isin thrall toa person or thing, you mean that they are completely in their power or are greatly influenced by them.
  1. He is not in thrall to the media...
     他不受制于媒体。
  2. Tomorrow's children will be even more in the thrall of the silicon chip.
     将来硅片对孩子们的影响将进一步加深。

英英释义

noun

• someone held in bondage
• the state of being under the control of another person
  Synonym:bondageslaverythralldomthraldom

双语例句

• Thrall. Subject is your slave forever.
  奴役术：受术者永久成为你的奴隶。
• She hath my heart in thrall.
  她夺取了我的心。
• It is in thrall to a kleptocracy unable or unwilling to separate the national interest from personal gain.
  窃国者统治着这个国家，他们要么无法、要么不愿把国家利益与个人利益区分开来。
• At the concert, I was held in thrall by the music.
  在音乐会上，我让音乐给迷住了。
• For know ye, ever the dwellers, seek such Souls to hold in their thrall.
  因为知道啊，永远的居住者，就是这样寻找约束在他们束缚里的灵魂。
• The poet was in thrall to the sophisticated woman.
  这位诗人完全听凭于这个老于世故的女人的摆布。
• Don't order me around. I am not your thrall.
  不要使唤我。我不是你的奴仆。
• Her beauty held him in thrall.
  她的美貌征服了他。
• Thrall: The horse men look as if they're dressed for war.
  萨尔：这些人马似乎在准备开战。
• Thrall put me in charge of the Horde, and I will always do what I believe is best for it.
  萨尔指定我为部落的领导人，而我会永远依照我认为最好的方法来治理。