downtrodden的意思

downtrodden

英式音标['daʊntrɑdn]
美式英标['daʊntrɒd(ə)n]

基本解释

adj. 被践踏的，被蹂躏的；受压迫的

中文词源

downtrodden 被蹂躏的

down, 向下。trodden, 踩，践踏。

英文词源

downtrodden (adj.): 1560s, "stepped on," from down (adv.) + trodden. Figurative use, "oppressed," is from 1590s.

实用例句

1. His mother was old, badly dressed and obviously downtrodden.: 他母亲老了，衣着破旧，显然尝尽了苦难。

2. The owner is making huge profits at the expense of downtrodden peasants.: 物主靠压榨农民而赢得暴利。

3. It would show you how virtue is downtrodden and how vice is triumphant.: 它会使你知道德行如何遭受践踏,邪恶如何凯旋得胜.

4. In the year 1789 the downtrodden French peasantry turned upon their oppressors.: 1789年,被蹂躏的法国农民起来反抗他们的压迫者.

5. Traditionally, story lines would begin the hero as a downtrodden weakling.: 基本上, 故事都是从一个受蹂躏的英雄开始.

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