abolitionist
英 [ˌæb.əˈlɪʃ.ən.ɪst]
美 [ˌæb.əˈlɪʃ.ən.ɪst]
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.
- abolitionist (n.)
- 1792, originally in reference to the slave trade, from abolition + -ist. In Britain, applied 20c. to advocates of ending capital punishment.
- 1. He began his own abolitionist newspaper, The North Star.
- 他自己创办了主张废除奴隶制的报纸《北方之星》.
- 2. As long as most people are happy to have the monarchy, the abolitionist position is an arrogant fantasy.
- 只要大多数人还乐意保留君主制,废除它的主张就是痴人说梦。
- 3. The abolitionist dedicated their whole life to this great revolution.
- 这些废奴主义者为这伟大的革命奉献了他们的一生.
- 4. Rumors Abolitionist sympathies did not enhance the popularity of the Macintoshes.
- 还有谣传说他们同情废奴主义者,但这并没有提高麦金托什家的声誉.
- 5. He was a pure abolitionist.
- 他是一个彻底的废奴主义者.