Word · Frequency #22622
Fully loadedleveller
平等主义者;平均主义者
a radical who advocates the abolition of social distinctions
指主张废除社会差别的人,不是工具。
- 1.
A member of the Levellers.
平等派成员。
平等派成员。
In use
She is known as a leveller because she believes all people deserve the same chances.
The local levellers met to discuss ways to close the wealth gap.
He called himself a leveller, but he never questioned the old class system.
a leveller who + verb
该结构用 who 引导定语从句说明这位平等主义者的主张;leveller 是可数名词。
He is a leveller who advocates the abolition of social distinctions.
他是一个主张废除社会等级差别的平等主义者。
levellers + plural verb
leveller 的复数形式为 levellers,作主语时谓语用复数形式。
Levellers demand equal rights for everyone.
平等主义者要求人人享有平等权利。
the leveller
定冠词 the 用于特指某位明确或已知的平等主义者。
Connections
Collocations
- a radical leveller
- 激进的平等主义者
- He is a radical leveller who wants to abolish inherited titles and privileges.他是一个激进的平等主义者,想要废除世袭头衔和特权。
- a political leveller
- 政治上的平等主义者
- As a political leveller, she called for universal suffrage and equal rights.作为政治上的平等主义者,她呼吁普选和平等权利。
- a social leveller
- 社会平等主义者
- The writer was a social leveller, constantly attacking class distinctions.这位作家是一位社会平等主义者,不断抨击阶级差别。
- a true leveller
- 真正的平等主义者
- A true leveller treats the beggar and the king with the same respect.真正的平等主义者以同样的尊重对待乞丐和国王。
- the Leveller movement
- 平等派运动
- The Leveller movement shaped debates about democracy in seventeenth-century England.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记 leveller ≈ level(拉平)+ er。想象一人用推土机把社会阶层的高地铲平,主张人人平等。
Context & Register
语域:formal 常见场景:historical writing、political analysis、British Civil War studies 这个义项多用于历史或政治语境中,通常属于正式文体,比较常见于讨论英国17世纪内战时期的激进平等主张。日常口语中使用较少。
Pronunciation & Spelling
True rhyme: reveller /ˈrɛvələ/ (BrE). Traveller /ˈtrævələ/ and jeweller /ˈdʒuːələ/ are spelling lookalikes with the same -eller ending, but they are not rhymes: their stressed vowel is /æ/ and /uːə/ respectively, not /ɛ/.
Learn the forms together
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