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单词 soapbox
释义
soapboxsoap‧box /ˈsəʊpbɒks $ ˈsoʊpbɑːks/ noun [countable usually singular] informal Examples
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  • But last Saturday Major climbed on to that soapbox in Luton.
  • He was the soapbox orator who could quote Virgil or Shakespeare to give dignity to a bitter grudge.
  • My first memories of a Leeds match were standing on a soapbox with my dad, when we scored a goal.
  • Nor do the parties offer their constituents soapboxes on which to air their views.
  • That led to the idea of a dedicated electronic soapbox on the issue.
  • The Prime Minister was on his soapbox.
  • Unlike John Major and his soapbox, it is not part of the image.
  • With his wife Norma beside him, he climbed on to a soapbox to put across his campaign message.
word sets
WORD SETS
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if someone is on their soapbox, they are telling people their opinions about something in a loud and forceful wayon your soapbox Environmental activists have climbed on their soapboxes to protest the president’s action.
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