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单词 soapbox
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Definition of soapbox in English:

soapbox

nounˈsəʊpbɒksˈsoʊpˌbɑks
  • 1A box or crate used as a makeshift stand by a public speaker.

    公共演说者做临时演讲台的箱子

    as modifier a soapbox orator

    街头演说者。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Oh and does anybody have a good soapbox for me to stand on?
    • In addition, the Constitution protects not only the sermons of a solitary activist, standing on a corner soapbox.
    • Through the use of chat rooms, any person with a phone line can become a town crier with a voice that resonates farther than it could from any soapbox.
    • To the side of it stood a lonely soapbox and a microphone.
    • Standing on soapboxes, handing out pamphlets, mass demonstrations - is there enough legal protection for those who want to make a political point in a public space?
    • First, these protests allowed workers to express their political views; as already noted, in this respect they might be seen as similar to the soapbox speakers and the cafeterias which lined the Square.
    • Like the soapbox speakers, the cafeterias offered working-class people places to debate and discuss a wide range of issues.
    • However, I'm also reminded of an analogy between blogs and old-style soapbox speakers in City parks.
    • He never questioned his own devotion to theater; an actor's actor, he would set up on a soapbox and perform for a scarce audience if the situation called for it.
    • I could see myself standing on a soapbox or addressing my adoring subjects from a balcony.
    • Every couple of feet one stood on a soapbox and made angry speeches to passing picketers.
    • He likened the Internet to Speaker's Corner in Hyde Park, London, where robust opinions can be expressed - but with the speaker using old technology called a soapbox.
    1. 1.1 Used with reference to a situation in which someone expresses strong opinions about a particular subject.
      I do tend to get up on my soapbox about this issue
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I'm not using this soapbox to slam the concept of equity financing, nor the venture capitalists who make it possible.
      • And while I'm on this soapbox, don't forget to give blood if you are eligible.
      • But there's a difference between that, and being on your whole anti-male, feminist soapbox, ranting away.
      • They served to link isolated communities and provide a voice and soapbox for the voiceless.
      • It seems that you would rather get up on your soapbox and shout then have a meaningful conversation.
      • If we find out that professors already believe they have all the answers, and that they view their positions as mere soapboxes for their own political beliefs, well, then that is corruption.
      • To some it is the lowest form of radio, yet the phone-in show, that bizarre combo of confessional, soapbox and sounding board, is the one medium where the public ceases to be a statistic and actually finds its voice.
      • It definitely has a place in music, but it's not our thing to stand on a soapbox and speak out.
      • Sometimes it gave me the chance to mount my soapbox and sound off on subjects I care passionately about, and sometimes it opened my mind to new topics and ideas that I then went on to write about.
      • But I'll get up on my soapbox about almost anything if I hear someone else express a strong opinion about it that I don't agree with.
      • Nevertheless, I have an opportunity to get up on the soapbox here and rant and rave, and a candidate should show an ability to grasp a variety of social issues.
      • The whole thing turned into an opportunistic political catfight, with booksellers given a soapbox and a spotlight to use in trying to make a buck off the pain and suffering of a nation.
      • If not, what does it take to convince you that you're providing a soapbox to an unstable lunatic?
      • They believe their own hype, and they have a powerful soapbox from which to promote it.
      • While the media certainly has the obligation to report on the news, one wonders how much complicity it is taking on by giving these sorts of groups such an open and fairly uncritical soapbox on which to make their demands.
      • Therefore I feel obliged to get up on my soapbox and voice my opinion.
      • So while I haven't stopped caring about designing and developing for the Web, I don't publicly stand on that particular soapbox that much anymore.
      • In short, this law will provide a soapbox for extremists of all types.
      • Thus, blogs can function as a teen's diary, a political pundit's soapbox, or even simply as one person's view of the news.
      • Yet whenever I get on my activist soapbox I am reminded by fellow childcare providers that ‘at least you get paid to stay at home with your baby,’ as if caring for my own child is some kind of grand extravagance.

Definition of soapbox in US English:

soapbox

nounˈsoʊpˌbɑksˈsōpˌbäks
  • 1A box or crate used as a makeshift stand by a public speaker.

    公共演说者做临时演讲台的箱子

    as modifier a soapbox orator

    街头演说者。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Standing on soapboxes, handing out pamphlets, mass demonstrations - is there enough legal protection for those who want to make a political point in a public space?
    • He never questioned his own devotion to theater; an actor's actor, he would set up on a soapbox and perform for a scarce audience if the situation called for it.
    • In addition, the Constitution protects not only the sermons of a solitary activist, standing on a corner soapbox.
    • He likened the Internet to Speaker's Corner in Hyde Park, London, where robust opinions can be expressed - but with the speaker using old technology called a soapbox.
    • First, these protests allowed workers to express their political views; as already noted, in this respect they might be seen as similar to the soapbox speakers and the cafeterias which lined the Square.
    • Oh and does anybody have a good soapbox for me to stand on?
    • Through the use of chat rooms, any person with a phone line can become a town crier with a voice that resonates farther than it could from any soapbox.
    • However, I'm also reminded of an analogy between blogs and old-style soapbox speakers in City parks.
    • Like the soapbox speakers, the cafeterias offered working-class people places to debate and discuss a wide range of issues.
    • I could see myself standing on a soapbox or addressing my adoring subjects from a balcony.
    • To the side of it stood a lonely soapbox and a microphone.
    • Every couple of feet one stood on a soapbox and made angry speeches to passing picketers.
    1. 1.1 A thing that provides an opportunity for someone to air their views publicly.
      〈喻〉给人们提供公开发表言论机会的事物
      fanzines are soapboxes for critical sports fans

      爱好者杂志为运动爱好者提供了评论的公共论坛。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • They served to link isolated communities and provide a voice and soapbox for the voiceless.
      • Sometimes it gave me the chance to mount my soapbox and sound off on subjects I care passionately about, and sometimes it opened my mind to new topics and ideas that I then went on to write about.
      • To some it is the lowest form of radio, yet the phone-in show, that bizarre combo of confessional, soapbox and sounding board, is the one medium where the public ceases to be a statistic and actually finds its voice.
      • It definitely has a place in music, but it's not our thing to stand on a soapbox and speak out.
      • Therefore I feel obliged to get up on my soapbox and voice my opinion.
      • Yet whenever I get on my activist soapbox I am reminded by fellow childcare providers that ‘at least you get paid to stay at home with your baby,’ as if caring for my own child is some kind of grand extravagance.
      • But I'll get up on my soapbox about almost anything if I hear someone else express a strong opinion about it that I don't agree with.
      • While the media certainly has the obligation to report on the news, one wonders how much complicity it is taking on by giving these sorts of groups such an open and fairly uncritical soapbox on which to make their demands.
      • Thus, blogs can function as a teen's diary, a political pundit's soapbox, or even simply as one person's view of the news.
      • And while I'm on this soapbox, don't forget to give blood if you are eligible.
      • I'm not using this soapbox to slam the concept of equity financing, nor the venture capitalists who make it possible.
      • In short, this law will provide a soapbox for extremists of all types.
      • They believe their own hype, and they have a powerful soapbox from which to promote it.
      • If not, what does it take to convince you that you're providing a soapbox to an unstable lunatic?
      • It seems that you would rather get up on your soapbox and shout then have a meaningful conversation.
      • Nevertheless, I have an opportunity to get up on the soapbox here and rant and rave, and a candidate should show an ability to grasp a variety of social issues.
      • So while I haven't stopped caring about designing and developing for the Web, I don't publicly stand on that particular soapbox that much anymore.
      • If we find out that professors already believe they have all the answers, and that they view their positions as mere soapboxes for their own political beliefs, well, then that is corruption.
      • But there's a difference between that, and being on your whole anti-male, feminist soapbox, ranting away.
      • The whole thing turned into an opportunistic political catfight, with booksellers given a soapbox and a spotlight to use in trying to make a buck off the pain and suffering of a nation.
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