soapbox
参见：soap box
英语[编辑]
其他形式[编辑]
词源[编辑]
soap + box。比喻用法是因为美国的肥皂产品常用大木箱运到商店内，以前，常有人看到可以站上去的东西（比如这些肥皂箱子）就站上去开始向附近居民发表即兴演讲。
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名词[编辑]
soapbox (复数 soapboxes)
- (字面义) 肥皂箱子
- (比喻义) 观点发表平台；临时演讲台
- The madman obtained a soapbox which he stood on at the corner of Broadway and Wall street, to shout out his prophesy of the end of the world.
- 那个疯子站在百老汇和华尔街角落，大喊大叫宣传他的世界末日预言。
- 1905, Upton Sinclair, 章号 XXV, 出自 The Jungle, 纽约，N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, 出版于 1906年2月26日, →OCLC:
- The one image which the word “Socialist” brought to Jurgis was of poor little Tamoszius Kuszleika, who had called himself one, and would go out with a couple of other men and a soap-box, and shout himself hoarse on a street corner Saturday nights.
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- 2013, Robert F. Ely, Candidate for President, →ISBN，页号 25:
- Bernhard's last appearance on a late-night talk show was a handy soapbox to expound on his political message of patriotism, nationalism, and populism.
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- (比喻义) 爱聊的话题 （尤指与当前谈话不太相关的）
- He's been on his soapbox all day about the new football coach.
- 他这整天都在说新足球教练的事。
- 肥皂盒汽车 （一种没有引擎的简易小车，常用来参加靠重力前进的下坡竞速）
动词[编辑]
soapbox (第三人称单数简单现在时 soapboxes，现在分词 soapboxing，一般过去时及过去分词 soapboxed)
- （站在某处）发表临时演讲
- 2011, Phil Wolfson, Noe: A Father-Son Song of Love, Life, Illness, and Death, North Atlantic Books, →ISBN:
- He soapboxed for whales and pressed us to write petitions and demonstrate with him—he as the leader, we as followers.
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