serfs

That's the great empire they boast about of drudges and whipped serfs.

这就是他们所夸耀的那个苦役和被鞭打的农奴的伟大帝国。

They did not allow the serfs any freedom.

他们不给农奴任何自由.

Serf-owners had a firm grip on the birth, death and marriage of serfs.

农奴主掌握着农奴生 、 死、婚、嫁大权.

The Drepung Monastery owned 185 manors, 20,000 serfs, 300 pastures and 16,000 herdsmen.

哲蚌寺当时就拥有185座庄园 、 2万名农奴 、 300个牧场和1.6万名牧民.

Children of serfs were registered the moment they were born, setting their life-long fate as serfs.

农奴的子女一出生,就登记入册, 注定了终身为农奴的命运.

At the bottom of the feudal scale were the villeins or serfs.

在封建等级底层的是农奴.

The serfs could not aspire to buying farm tools, let alone draught animals.

农奴连买农具都不敢想, 更不用说买耕畜了.

Most Tibetan cadres are emancipated serfs and slaves. There also some patriots from the upper class.

西藏的干部队伍主体是翻身农奴和奴隶, 同时也包括各界爱国上层人士.

Americans, while occasionally willing to be serfs, have always been obstinate about being peasantry.

美国人虽然愿意 、 甚至渴望去当农奴, 可是一向是坚决不肯当乡下佬的.

Bob Katter, an independent parliamentarian from rural Queensland, takes the prize: "I do not wish to live in a country of serfs working for foreign landlords."

来自昆士兰农村地区的无党派议员鲍勃•卡特尔（Bob Katter）占据了制高点：“我可不想生活在一个为外国地主卖命的农奴国家中。”

This movement overthrew the serf system and freed a million serfs and slaves.

这一运动推翻了农奴制,并且解放了百万农奴和奴隶.

Many emancipated serfs and slaves took up leading posts at various levels in the region.

一大批翻身农奴和奴隶担任了自治区各级领导职务。

In effect the peasants were still serfs.

这种农民,实际上还是农奴.

The challenges of hiring and managing modern day serfs

雇佣和管理当代“农奴”的挑战

Ln olden times, serfs ran away from their landlords and settled on the don.

在古代，农奴们从他们的地主那里逃出来，在顿河定居下来。

The nobles had oppressed and exploited their serfs.

贵族压迫剥削农奴.

These perpetual debtors/ serfs will probably never own the home outright1, thanks to cyclical refinancing ( used to fund conspicuous2 consumption) and property taxes.

这些长期的债务人兼房奴将很可能永远无法完全拥有这个房子，因为炫耀性消费需要周期性的再融资来提供资金，也因为房产税的存在。

The emancipation of the serfs is a great event in history.

解放农奴在历史上是一件大事.

When the title deeds for land and debt contracts were thrown into the fire, the former serfs danced around the blaze.

当旧的地契、债约被扔进火堆时，昔日的农奴们围着火堆跳起舞蹈。

Serf owners regarded their serfs as animals that could talk.

农奴主把农奴当做会说话的牲口.

They were the forerunners of the medieval serfs.

他们是中世纪农奴的前辈.

What a stinker, he wanted to make us into serfs.

一个臭鬼，把我们说成是农奴。

Serfs and slaves need no longer satisfy the appetites of narrow elites.

农奴和奴隶不再需要满足少数精英群体的要求。

Who made them serfs of the soil?

是谁让他们成为土地的奴仆？

Education was denied to the masses of serfs and slaves.

广大农奴和奴隶被剥夺了受教育的权利。

In the uprising the serfs fought with bare hands against gunfire.

在暴动中,农奴们以赤手空拳对付钢枪铁炮.

Reaching his home, he found the serfs in rebellion and his family and Maria captives.

到家后, 他发现农奴们造了反,家里人和玛利亚都被关了起来.

The landlord forced the serfs to work 16 hours a day.

地主迫使农奴们每天干活16个小时。

The serf-owners had the right to beat , abuse or even kill the serfs at will.

(那时) 农奴主 有权任意打骂甚至杀害农奴.

The serfs were liberated after abolishing serfdom.

废除农奴制度后,农奴们获得了解放.