真的被奪走自由
最字面的一支：關門的是另一個人或另一群人。
verb · B2
To make someone a slave: to take a person's freedom away and force them to work for you and obey you, as if they belonged to you.
奴役
核心畫面
One way to hold this word: en- means put into, and the thing you are put into is slave. So the picture is a door closing behind a person. They still act, they still work, but the choosing has been taken out of their hands and they cannot walk out. Both uses of enslave stand on that one picture; they differ only in who is holding the door.
enslave 可以想成一扇在人身後關上的門：en-（使進入）加上 slave（奴隸），字面就是「把人推進奴隸的處境…更多收起
enslave 可以想成一扇在人身後關上的門：en-（使進入）加上 slave（奴隸），字面就是「把人推進奴隸的處境」。畫面裡的人還在動、還在做事，但選擇權已經被拿走，而且走不出去。這個字的兩種用法都站在這張圖上，差別只在按著門的是誰——是另一個人，還是一種情緒、一個習慣、一筆債。From the word’s history
The packet's Wiktionary tree gives en- (through Old French, from Latin in-, 'put into a state') plus slave, so the word is literally 'to put into slavery'.
封包裡的 Wiktionary 字源樹把這個字拆成 en-（經古法文，來自拉丁文 in-，表示「使進入某種狀態」）加上 slave。字面就是「使進入奴隸的狀態」。這個「從外面加上去」的方向感，今天兩種用法裡都還在。
Wiktionary entry supplied in packet (kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:1189125359) — etymology tree: Latin in- > Old French en- > English en-, plus slave.
Two branches
被一樣東西佔住整個人
同一扇門，但按著門的換成情緒、習慣或金錢；作者是故意借第一個意思的重量來講這件事。
verb · C1
If something enslaves you, it takes such complete control of your life and your actions that you are no longer free to choose — used about feelings, habits, money or ideas.
完全支配、使無法自主