downtrodden

downtrodden

英 ['daʊntrɒd(ə)n]
　　美 ['daʊntrɑdn]

adj. 被踐踏的，被蹂躪的；受壓迫的

中文詞源：

downtrodden 被蹂躪的

down, 向下。trodden, 踩，踐踏。

例句：

1. His mother was old, badly dressed and obviously downtrodden.
他母親老瞭，衣著破舊，顯然嘗盡瞭苦難。

2. The owner is making huge profits at the expense of downtrodden peasants.
物主靠壓榨農民而贏得暴利。

3. It would show you how virtue is downtrodden and how vice is triumphant.
它會使你知道德行如何遭受踐踏,邪惡如何凱旋得勝.

4. In the year 1789 the downtrodden French peasantry turned upon their oppressors.
1789年,被蹂躪的法國農民起來反抗他們的壓迫者.

5. Traditionally, story lines would begin the hero as a downtrodden weakling.
基本上, 故事都是從一個受蹂躪的英雄開始.