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单词 taxation without representation
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
taxation without′ representation, [Amer. Hist.]
  1. American Historya phrase, generally attributed to James Otis about 1761, that reflected the resentment of American colonists at being taxed by a British Parliament to which they elected no representatives and became an anti-British slogan before the American Revolution;
    in full, "Taxation without representation is tyranny.''

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