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Downtrodden people are treated badly, and without respect, by others who have power over them. The picture in the word is of someone being on. You use it for a group, or for a long unfair situation — poor workers, people with no rights — more than for one bad day. It is a serious, slightly word; news, speeches, and stories use it. You would not usually call a downtrodden because they lost a game. Kind talk still tells the messy truth: this word is about power, not about being a little sad.
受壓迫的、被欺壓的
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。
downtroddenadj詞源 1/ˈdaʊnˌtɹɒdən/
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Oppressed, persecuted or subjugated.
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Trodden down.
- a patch of downtrodden soil
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。