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单词 people power
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Definition of people power in English:

people power

noun
mass noun
  • Political pressure exercised through the public demonstration of popular opinion.

    ‘People power has forced the government into a complete surrender,’ said the TUC's general secretary
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He claimed that the only real way to free the refugees was through people power.
    • The organisers ask each motorist to take responsibility for initiating change in the system by showing 'people power' on Saturday.
    • This is where our strength is, where people power counters the money power.
    • Hurray for people power, and for democracy!
    • He has done it by harnessing people power - through street marches, plebiscites, and a civilian militia.
    • It may sound like a pipe dream, like clutching at straws, but people power is the only real hope, she believes, for her overburdened country which long ago faded from the international limelight.
    • People power involves taking responsibility for your own actions.
    • "We said no to both the state and federal governments and we won through people power," John said.
    • The only thing we have going for us is sheer people power.
    • The influence of a few backroom folks in the party apparatus has taken the people power away from it.
    • The book details how people power made it all happen.
    • The many sponsors who supported the venture recognise the whole concept of 'people power', said Michael.
    • A week or so ago, though, it looked like people power would not be enough to get the site dropped.
    • In the end, it's people power that will change the image of tourism and transform it from a scary experience to a singular one.
    • He also agreed that people power has played an important role in the salmon debate.
    • They are angry, she thinks, and eventually they will channel their anger into "people power".
    • He said getting radiotherapy for Waterford Regional Hospital was very much a victory for people power.
    • He said change could happen if there was "real people power" but was quick to add that he was not inciting a riot because he did not want to be jailed.
    • In the everyday scheme of things this 'people power' goes unnoticed.
    • Though smaller than earlier protests, which brought 100,000 people on to the streets, it is still tempting to view the turmoil as a welcome manifestation of "people power".

Definition of people power in US English:

people power

noun
  • Political pressure exercised through the public demonstration of popular opinion.

    people power has forced the government into a complete surrender
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It may sound like a pipe dream, like clutching at straws, but people power is the only real hope, she believes, for her overburdened country which long ago faded from the international limelight.
    • In the everyday scheme of things this 'people power' goes unnoticed.
    • Though smaller than earlier protests, which brought 100,000 people on to the streets, it is still tempting to view the turmoil as a welcome manifestation of "people power".
    • The organisers ask each motorist to take responsibility for initiating change in the system by showing 'people power' on Saturday.
    • People power involves taking responsibility for your own actions.
    • He said change could happen if there was "real people power" but was quick to add that he was not inciting a riot because he did not want to be jailed.
    • This is where our strength is, where people power counters the money power.
    • "We said no to both the state and federal governments and we won through people power," John said.
    • He has done it by harnessing people power - through street marches, plebiscites, and a civilian militia.
    • Hurray for people power, and for democracy!
    • A week or so ago, though, it looked like people power would not be enough to get the site dropped.
    • He said getting radiotherapy for Waterford Regional Hospital was very much a victory for people power.
    • The influence of a few backroom folks in the party apparatus has taken the people power away from it.
    • He also agreed that people power has played an important role in the salmon debate.
    • He claimed that the only real way to free the refugees was through people power.
    • The book details how people power made it all happen.
    • The only thing we have going for us is sheer people power.
    • They are angry, she thinks, and eventually they will channel their anger into "people power".
    • In the end, it's people power that will change the image of tourism and transform it from a scary experience to a singular one.
    • The many sponsors who supported the venture recognise the whole concept of 'people power', said Michael.
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