downtrodden

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

Translation

adj. 被踐踏的;受壓迫的

Example Sentences

a downtrodden proletarian struggling for social justice.

一個爲爭取社會公正而鬥爭的受壓迫的無產者。

Real-world Examples

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

我來這裏工作是爲了替弱勢羣體說話。

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.

她沒有爲自己而活,而是選擇了一種爲全球受壓迫者發聲的生活。

Source: Women Who Changed the World

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

儘管各自的方式有所不同,兩黨都許下了幫助受壓迫的那部分意大利人的承諾。

Source: Time

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

被這些故事逼瘋了,他把自己塑造成受壓迫者的擁護者。

Source: TED-Ed (video version)

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

你表現出勞苦大衆之貼心人的姿態。

Source: The Good Wife Season 2

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

不用 我可以一邊心如死水一邊聊天。

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

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

從此她過着一種被蹂躪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.

耶穌的信息特別能引起窮人和受壓迫者的共鳴,而且其反獨裁立場相當激進。

Source: World History Crash Course

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

他成爲受壓迫者的代言人,成爲那些渴望更美好未來的人的希望燈塔。

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.

在那個富裕的英國人控制着愛爾蘭大片土地、工人階級遭受壓迫的時代,用武力或其他物質手段捍衛榮譽顯得尤爲重要。

Source: Selected English short passages

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