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An abolitionist is someone who wants a law or a system to be officially ended.
An abolitionist『abolitionist』 is someone指的是一個人 who wants a law or a system想要一項法律或制度 to be officially ended被正式廢除。
In history, the word most often points to people who fought to end slavery. Today it can also mean someone who wants to end the death penalty or another institution they believe should not exist.
In history在歷史上, the word這個字 most often points to people最常指的是那些 who fought to end slavery為了終結奴隸制度而奮鬥的人。Today今天, it它 can also mean someone也可以指某個人 who wants to end the death penalty想終結死刑 or或 another institution they believe should not exist另一個他們認為不該存在的制度。
It is usually a noun: she is an abolitionist. It can also work as an adjective: abolitionist ideas, the abolitionist movement.
It is usually a noun它通常當名詞用: she is an abolitionist她是個abolitionist。It它 can also work as an adjective也可以當形容詞用: abolitionist ideas廢除論的思想, the abolitionist movement廢除運動。
Though actually, it is not a general word for anyone who dislikes a rule or skips a class. It names a stance: this thing should not exist any more, and I will work to end it.
Though actually不過其實, it它 is not a general word不是一個泛泛的字 for anyone who dislikes a rule or skips a class不是拿來說隨便討厭一條規定或翹課的人的。It它 names a stance指的是一種立場: this thing should not exist any more這個東西不該再存在了, and而且 I will work to end it我會努力終結它。
The system they want ended is the target of abolition; the verb for the act is .
The system他們想終結的那個制度 they want ended is the target of abolition是被廢除的對象; the verb for the act這個行為的動詞 is abolish是abolish。
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
abolitionistadj/ˌæ.bəˈlɪʃ.n̩.ɪst/
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In favor of the abolition of any particular institution or practice.
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historicalIn favor of the abolition of any particular institution or practice.
- This case, and others, drove and enlarged the existing abolitionist movement in the country, opposed, of course, by the merchants and plantation owners who were making a massive profit from the slaves held in various colonies.
abolitionistnoun/ˌæ.bəˈlɪʃ.n̩.ɪst/
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A person favoring or advocating for the abolition of any particular institution or practice.
- Both feminist and religiously inspired abolitionists have long viewed, and continue to view, male demand for commercial sex as a root cause of prostitution.
- Furthermore, abolitionists argue that prisons are a form of violence and should be destroyed because they reflect “a social ethos of violence and degradation" [...] Abolitionists argue that prisons should be replaced, or at least decentralized, by democratic community control and community-based treatment that would emphasize "redress" or "restorative justice."
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historicalA person favoring or advocating for the abolition of any particular institution or practice.
- Among other slave notabilities of the plantation, was one called by everybody Uncle Isaac Copper. It is seldom that a slave gets a surname from anybody in Maryland; and so completely has the south shaped the manners of the north, in this respect, that even abolitionists make very little of the surname of a negro.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。