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单词 grass roots
释义
grass rootsˌgrass ˈroots noun Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • But even the grass roots of the club are sprouting.
  • Fourth, don't always do a news release on all the grass roots activities.
  • One had to return to grass roots.
  • The charity is backed by staff from the grass roots to directorate level.
  • The President continued to campaign at the grass roots.
  • The stereotype of toughness also flourishes at the grass roots in party circles.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorordinary people
ordinary people are people who are not rich, famous, or powerful: ordinary people/folk: · Politicians don't care about ordinary people.· In the eighteenth century ordinary people had no access whatsoever to education.ordinary guy/man/woman etc: · In the film "Phenomenon", John Travolta plays an ordinary guy who becomes a genius overnight.
an average person is a typical example of a person: · The average family spends about £50 a week on food.· Foreign affairs do not usually interest the average voter.· There is concern that twenty years from now, the average American won't be able to afford to send his or her children to college.
a typical person who has ordinary opinions, likes the same things as most other people etc -- used especially by journalists: · The advertising industry has to know exactly what the man in the street is thinking.· This latest legislation will not really affect the man or woman in the street.
all the ordinary people in a society or country, especially those without special knowledge of a subject: · Very little official information is given to the general public.· She is a poet who is admired by other poets but not well-known to the general public.· Organizers of the President's funeral plan a large ceremony for the general public, and a small, private affair for his family.
the ordinary members of an organization, especially a political organization, when compared with its leaders: · The rank and file has lost confidence in the party leadership.· conflict between union leaders and the rank and file at an Alfa Romeo factory
the ordinary members at the bottom of a political or religious organization: · The decisions were taken by the party leadership without consulting the grass roots.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
  • a grassroots campaign
  • The decisions were taken by the party leadership without consulting the grass roots.
the grass roots the ordinary people in an organization, rather than the leadersgrass roots adjective:  We are hoping for full participation at grass roots level.
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