thrall

英 [θrɔːl]

美 [θrɔːl]

n.  控制;奴役;束缚

TOEFLGRE

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

• Anti-thrall leaders agitated the question of thrall for many years.
  反对奴隶制的领袖们就奴隶制问题进行了多年的激烈争论。
• What do they know? Thrall asked of the spirit of fire.
  它们知道什么？萨尔向火焰之灵问道。
• 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。
• Her beauty held him in thrall.
  她的美貌征服了他。
• We adore "The Front Page" and "Scoop," which present us as lazy, unprincipled, and hopelessly in thrall to bogus information.
  我喜欢封面和独家新闻，但是这些新闻又证明了我们只是一群无纪律、慵懒和没希望的只专注于一些假信息的人。
• 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 story held me in thrall. We were all very taken with her.
  这故事把我吸引住了。我们都被她吸引住了。
• Thrall and Cairne chide him, because post-Northrend, there's an Alliance-Horde truce.
  萨尔和凯恩马上责骂他，毕竟诺森德之后有一段联盟部落和平时期。
• At the concert, I was held in thrall by the music.
  在音乐会上，我让音乐给迷住了。
• 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。