abolitionist
英[?b?'l??(?)n?st]
美[,?b?'l???n?st]
- n. 廢奴主義者；廢除主義者
詞態變化
復數:?abolitionists;
助記提示
1. ab- + ol- "al-, nourish" + -ition + -ist.
2. => away from grow/nourish, off from grow/nourish. => retard the growth of, destroy, cause to die out.
英文詞源
- abolitionist (n.)
- 1792, originally in reference to the slave trade, from abolition + -ist. In Britain, applied 20c. to advocates of ending capital punishment.
雙語例句
- 1. He began his own abolitionist newspaper, The North Star.
- 他自己創辦了主張廢除奴隸制的報紙《北方之星》.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. As long as most people are happy to have the monarchy, the abolitionist position is an arrogant fantasy.
- 只要大多數人還樂意保留君主制，廢除它的主張就是癡人說夢。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The abolitionist dedicated their whole life to this great revolution.
- 這些廢奴主義者為這偉大的革命奉獻了他們的一生.
來自互聯網
- 4. Rumors Abolitionist sympathies did not enhance the popularity of the Macintoshes.
- 還有謠傳說他們同情廢奴主義者,但這并沒有提高麥金托什家的聲譽.
來自互聯網
- 5. He was a pure abolitionist.
- 他是一個徹底的廢奴主義者.
來自互聯網