核心畫面

Picture feet coming down hard and moving on, again and again, over something lying on the ground. The weight does not stop and lift off ; it passes across, and whatever was there is left flat.

可以想成一雙雙腳重重地落下,然後繼續往前走,一次又一次地踩過地上的東西。重量不是小心地放上去再收回來,而是整個輾過去更多收起可以想成一雙雙腳重重地落下,然後繼續往前走,一次又一次地踩過地上的東西。重量不是小心地放上去再收回來,而是整個輾過去。等腳走遠了,原本在那裡的東西已經扁了。trample 的各種用法,都可以從這個「重量走過去、東西留在腳下」的畫面長出來。

From the word’s history

From Middle English tramplen, to walk heavily: tramp plus the -le ending that means doing something over and over. One heavy step is a tramp; many of them, on top of something, is a trample.

來自中古英語 tramplen(重重地走),也就是 tramp 加上表示「重複做」的 -le。一步重重的是 tramp,一直踩、踩在東西上面,就成了 trample——重複這件事本來就寫在字裡。

Wiktionary, trample, supplied in this evidence packet (kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:1067748393)

Two branches

腳踩過去,東西壞掉

這一組就是核心畫面的直接說法,差別只在它被當成動作講,還是當成一件事或一種聲音來數。

verb · B2

To step on something heavily, or to walk over it with weight, so that it is crushed, flattened or damaged. It is also used when a crowd of people or a group of animals moves over someone or something on the ground.

踩踏/踩壞

把人的權利和感受踩在腳下

把地上的東西換成「人的權利、承諾、感受」,畫面其他部分不變:有人整個走過去,沒有停。來源把這一支標為 by extension,也就是從踩東西延伸出來的說法。

verb · C1

To act as if someone rights, feelings or wishes do not matter at all, and go straight over them to get what you want.

踐踏(權利、感受)