be a slave to something
slave
verb[ Iusually+ adv/prep ]
informaluk /sleɪv/ us /sleɪv/
to work very hard at something: 拼命工作，苦干
We slaved away all week
at the report.我们整整一周都在忙那份报告。
humorousI've been slaving over a hot stove(= cooking) all morning.我一上午都在炉子边忙个不停。
See alsoenslave
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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act as something
all work and no play (makes Jack a dull boy)idiom
assignment
bandh
be at workidiom
grind
hoop
hotelling
housekeeping
in the line of dutyidiom
induction
industry
job
moonlight
skivvy
slog
slouch
spadework
subtask
sweat
slave | American Dictionary
slave
noun[ C ]
us/sleɪv/
social studies
a person who is legally owned by someone else and has no personal freedom:
Born a slave in 1760, he was sold as a child to a farmer in Delaware.