downtrodden

[US]/'daʊntrɒd(ə)n/
[UK]/'daʊntrɑdn/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. 被践踏的;受压迫的

Example Sentences

a downtrodden proletarian struggling for social justice.

一个为争取社会公正而斗争的受压迫的无产者。

Real-world Examples

I came to this job to be the voice of the downtrodden.

我来这里工作是为了替弱势群体说话。

Source: Modern Family - Season 05

Instead of living for herself, she chose an existence that gave a voice to the downtrodden all around the globe.

她没有为自己而活,而是选择了一种为全球受压迫者发声的生活。

Source: Women Who Changed the World

Both groups swore to help Italy's downtrodden, albeit in different ways.

尽管各自的方式有所不同,两党都许下了帮助受压迫的那部分意大利人的承诺。

Source: Time

Driven mad by these stories, he fashions himself a champion for the downtrodden.

被这些故事逼疯了,他把自己塑造成受压迫者的拥护者。

Source: TED-Ed (video version)

And you've done it as this friend of the downtrodden.

你表现出劳苦大众之贴心人的姿态。

Source: The Good Wife Season 2

Oh, no. I can be downtrodden and chat at the same time.

不用 我可以一边心如死水一边聊天。

Source: Young Sheldon Season 3 _ Warm and Funny Family Comedy

From then on, she lived a downtrodden life until her husband died.

从此她过着一种被蹂躏的生活直到她丈夫死去。

Source: Pan Pan

Jesus’s message was particularly resonant to the poor and downtrodden and pretty radical in its anti-authoritarian stance.

耶稣的信息特别能引起穷人和受压迫者的共鸣,而且其反独裁立场相当激进。

Source: World History Crash Course

He became a voice for the downtrodden, a beacon of hope for those who yearned for a better future.

他成为受压迫者的代言人,成为那些渴望更美好未来的人的希望灯塔。

Source: 202318

Defending honour, with bataireacht or other physical means, was especially important in an era when wealthy Brits controlled swathes of Ireland, leaving its working class downtrodden.

在那个富裕的英国人控制着爱尔兰大片土地、工人阶级遭受压迫的时代,用武力或其他物质手段捍卫荣誉显得尤为重要。

Source: Selected English short passages

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