| 词汇 | indentured |
| 释义 | indentured adjective uk /ɪnˈdentʃəd/us relating to an official agreement that someone will work for someone else for a length of time, especially in order to learn a job: He served an indentured apprenticeship in mechanical engineering. relating to an agreement in which someone works for someone else until they have paid back a debt, especially in the past when poor people worked for someone in another country in return for being taken to that country: indentured labourers/servants/workers Examples of indenturedindentured He utilized indentured servants and his advertisements for runaways can be found in newspapers of the time period. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He initially served as an indentured servant of an uncle. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. One is the son of a very wealthy man while the other is an indentured servant. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. She originally came to the colonies as an indentured servant, but had run away, perhaps with the help of friends or relatives. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Many families had to let their children work in the mines as indentured servants in order to survive. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. However most 17th century immigrants were indentured servants, merchants or artisans. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In addition, such factors as poverty, dislocation, personal ambition, or criminal activity produced enough indentured servants to support a well-functioning market structure. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The term was also used for many of the indentured servants. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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