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词汇 slave-drive
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Definition of slave-drive in English:

slave-drive

verb
[with object]usually as adjective slave-drivinginformal
  • Make (someone) work very hard.

    slave-driving managers
    they slave-drive their staff
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The abuse sometimes involves beatings and always involves very long hours of work, very low or no pay, being locked up by the employer, being denied food, being insulted and "slave-driven" from morning to night.
    • He announced measures which should see slave-driving landlords face prison sentences, and not just symbolic fines.
    • What about the misery, the hardship, the slave-driving new standards?
    • Pay extra on a student loan or tuck the money away in your savings account to help buy freedom from your slave-driving boss.
    • What in heavens was Nadia thinking when she agreed to be slave-driven year after year, until her Green Card came?
    • The slave-driving studios keeping their contract stars hard at it were dream factories.
    • To slave-driving managers who think it's just for the lazy, he says sleep deprivation is a major cause of irritability, mistakes and accidents.
    • Great, just what we need, more poverty-level jobs from slave-driving companies.

Definition of slave-drive in US English:

slave-drive

verbˈslāvˌdrīv
[with object]usually as adjective slave-drivinginformal
  • Make (someone) work very hard.

    slave-driving managers
    they slave-drive their staff
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He announced measures which should see slave-driving landlords face prison sentences, and not just symbolic fines.
    • The slave-driving studios keeping their contract stars hard at it were dream factories.
    • What in heavens was Nadia thinking when she agreed to be slave-driven year after year, until her Green Card came?
    • What about the misery, the hardship, the slave-driving new standards?
    • The abuse sometimes involves beatings and always involves very long hours of work, very low or no pay, being locked up by the employer, being denied food, being insulted and "slave-driven" from morning to night.
    • Pay extra on a student loan or tuck the money away in your savings account to help buy freedom from your slave-driving boss.
    • To slave-driving managers who think it's just for the lazy, he says sleep deprivation is a major cause of irritability, mistakes and accidents.
    • Great, just what we need, more poverty-level jobs from slave-driving companies.
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