abolitionist
abolitionist 英 [ˌæbəˈlɪʃənɪst]
n. 废奴主义者；废除主义者
名词复数:abolitionists
- An abolitionist was someone who wanted to end slavery, especially in the United States before the Civil War — when owning slaves was common practice.
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- n. 废奴主义者；废除主义者
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1. John Brown was a radical abolitionist who believed in the violent overthrow of the slavery system.
约翰·布朗是一个激进的废奴主义者，他信仰用暴力砸碎奴隶制的镣铐。
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2. Darwin's family was passionately abolitionist and he continually mixed with people devoted to the cause.
达尔文的家人是热烈的废奴主义者，他频繁地与献身于这项事业的人交往。
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3. “Darwin’s starting point, ” they write, “was the abolitionist belief in blood kinship, a ‘common descent’ ” of all human beings.
他们写到：“达尔文的出发点就是一个废奴主义者的信仰：人类起源于同一祖先。”
- abolitionist (n.) person who favors doing away with some law, custom, or institution, 1792, originally in reference to the trans-Atlantic slave trade, from abolition + -ist. By 1825 (in Britain) in reference to abolition of slavery as an institution. In Britain, applied 20c. to advocates of ending capital punishment. In a general sense, abolisher has been used at least since 1742.
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