| 单词 |
(lone) voice in the wilderness |
| 释义 |
(lone) voice in the wilderness (lone) voice in the wildernessOne who expresses an unpopular opinion or idea. She felt like a voice in the wilderness as she tried to warn others about the impending economic collapse. He was a lone voice in the wilderness as he tried to expose the vast corruption within the organization.See also: voice, wildernessa voice in the wilderness an unheeded advocate of reform. The phrase was originally used with reference to the words of John the Baptist, who proclaimed the coming of the Messiah: ‘I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness’ (John 1:23).See also: voice, wildernessa voice (crying) in the ˈwilderness a warning of a danger given by a person or small group which most people do not pay any attention to: A few scientists in the early 1980s were warning of the dangers of AIDS but nobody took them seriously. They were just a voice in the wilderness.This comes from a description of John the Baptist in the Bible.See also: voice, wilderness |
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