soapbox
英 [ˈsəʊpbɒks]
美 [ˈsoʊpbɑːks]
n. (多指户外的)临时演讲台
复数：soapboxes
BNC.39295 / COCA.27344
习惯用语
n.
- get/be on your soapbox
- 发表激烈的意见
to express the strong opinions that you have about a particular subject
牛津词典
noun
- （多指户外的）临时演讲台
a small temporary platform that sb stands on to make a speech in a public place, usually outdoors
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT (作户外演讲时用的)临时小讲台
Asoapboxis a small temporary platform on which a person stands when he or she is making a speech outdoors.- One of them climbed aboard a soapbox and began informing the locals why gays should be allowed in the military.
他们中间的一个人登上了小讲台，开始跟当地人讲军队为什么应该允许招募同性恋者。 - ...soapbox speeches.
露天演讲
- One of them climbed aboard a soapbox and began informing the locals why gays should be allowed in the military.
- N-COUNT (针对某事自己有强烈看法的)演讲，发表意见，书写感受
If you say that someone is on theirsoapbox, you mean that they are speaking or writing about something they have strong feelings about.- We were interested in pushing forward certain issues and getting up on our soapbox about them...
我们对推进某些问题十分关注，很想就这些问题发表我们的意见。 - I wanted to talk about the pension age. It's rather a soapbox of mine.
我想谈一谈领取退休金的年龄这个问题，对此我颇有想法。
- We were interested in pushing forward certain issues and getting up on our soapbox about them...
英英释义
noun
- a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it
- a crate for packing soap
双语例句
- We were interested in pushing forward certain issues and getting up on our soapbox about them
我们对推进某些问题十分关注，很想就这些问题发表我们的意见。 - But I'll get off my soapbox.
但是我还是开始我的演说吧。 - Answers as a soapbox to vent your frustrations, rant, or otherwise violate the question and answer format.
作为肥皂箱回答发泄你的挫折，咆哮，或不那样违背这个问题和答案格式。 - I had made a cage for my pigeons out of a soapbox.
我用肥皂箱给我的鸽子做了一个笼子。 - He was equally at home in a pulpit or on a soapbox.
他在教堂的讲坛上和街头的临时讲台上同样挥洒自如。 - Get off your soapbox, jimmy.
把你这些东西拿走jimmy。 - Before long, I am on my soapbox, insisting that they shouldn't be awed by such symbols of wealth.
总有一天我会忍不住对他们说，不应该被这些财富的表象东西所吓倒。 - One of Japan's biggest cosmetics companies received a complaint that a consumer had bought a soapbox that was empty.
一家公司，日本最大的化妆品公司之一，收到了一份投诉，一个顾客买的一盒肥皂，盒子里面是空的。 - Yet by framing criticism in terms of Chinese tradition, Mr Rudd has established an interesting middle road between the quiet chat that gets ignored and standing on a soapbox to deliver lectures.
然而，陆克文用中国传统来框定批评意见，由此在听过就忘的密室清谈与站在台上高声说教之间，打开了一条有意思的中间道路。 - He concludes with Nuff said, his catchphrase from the Stans Soapbox columns that used to run in Marvel books.
他的总结以奈夫说道，结束这是他曾经在漫威书系专栏斯坦的街头演说中的标语。