考研英语高频词汇
slave /sleɪv/ n. 奴隶
<历年真题考查频次：5次>
真题复现1：They have been spurred in part by DNA evidence made available in 1998, which almost certainly proved Thomas Jefferson had fathered at least one child with his slave Sally Hemings.（2008年text4 P2）
真题翻译：他们之所以这么做，部分原因是1998年的DNA证据证明，托马斯·杰斐逊和他的奴隶莎莉·海明斯至少有一个孩子。
真题复现2：The southern states would not have signed the Constitution without protections for the “peculiar institution,” including a clause that counted a slave as three fifths of a man for purposes of congressional representation.
（2008年text4 P4）
真题翻译：如果没有对这种“特殊制度”的保护，南方各州是不会签署宪法的，其中包括一项条款，即在国会代表的目的上，奴隶相当于五分之三的人。
真题复现3：Once in office, Jefferson extended slavery with the Louisiana Purchase in 1803; the new land was carved into 13 states, including three slave states.（2008年text4 P5）
真题翻译：杰斐逊上任后，1803年通过购买路易斯安那州扩大了奴隶制;这块新土地被划分为13个州，包括3个蓄奴州。
