プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第３版)の解説
かいごろし【飼い殺し】
1 〔死ぬまで養うこと〕
- 飼い殺しにする
〔動物を〕keep animals for life though they're useless／〔雇い人を〕just keep a (useless) person on the payroll (for life)
2 〔能力を認めずに〕
- これではまるで飼い殺しだ
I've been kept in positions which involve no responsibility. - 飼い殺し同然の境遇
circumstances [a life] no better than servitude