downtrodden

• adj. 被践踏的，被蹂躏的；受压迫的

down, 向下。trodden, 踩，践踏。

downtrodden (adj.)

1560s, "stepped on," from down (adv.) + trodden. Figurative use, "oppressed," is from 1590s.

1. His mother was old, badly dressed and obviously downtrodden.

他母亲老了，衣着破旧，显然尝尽了苦难。

来自柯林斯例句

2. The owner is making huge profits at the expense of downtrodden peasants.

物主靠压榨农民而赢得暴利。

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3. It would show you how virtue is downtrodden and how vice is triumphant.

它会使你知道德行如何遭受践踏,邪恶如何凯旋得胜.

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4. In the year 1789 the downtrodden French peasantry turned upon their oppressors.

1789年,被蹂躏的法国农民起来反抗他们的压迫者.

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5. Traditionally, story lines would begin the hero as a downtrodden weakling.

基本上, 故事都是从一个受蹂躏的英雄开始.

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