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abolitionist n.废除主义者；废奴主义者 (1) 他也曾是一名积极的废除主义者和共和党的创立者。(2) 他虽然反对奴隶制度，但他并不是废奴主义者。 Back when many landowners in the United States forced slaves to work their land, abolitionists believed that slavery violated the basic human right of freedom, and organized to make slavery illegal, writing anti-slavery literature, proposing new laws, and smuggling slaves into free Canada. The Latin root abolere means “destroy,” and an abolitionist is generally a person who wants to destroy any law or practice, like the abolitionists who fight to end the death penalty.

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英 [ˌæbə'lɪʃənɪst] 美 [ˌæbə'lɪʃənɪst] (1) He had also been an ardent abolitionist and a founding-father of the Republican Party.(2) However, despite his opposition to the slavery system, he himself was not an abolitionist. An abolitionist was someone who wanted to end slavery, especially in the United States before the Civil War — when owning slaves was common practice. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]废除主义者；主张废除（某种制度或习俗）的人 An abolitionist is someone who campaigns for the abolition of a particular system or practice.   [oft N n]By 1838, the abolitionists had shamed parliament into ending slavery in British colonies...到1838年，废奴主义者迫使议会出于道德压力而废除了英国殖民地的奴隶制。As long as most people are happy to have the monarchy, the abolitionist position is an arrogant fantasy.只要大多数人还乐意保留君主制，废除它的主张就是痴人说梦。

英语单词	abolitionist
英美音标	英 [ˌæbə'lɪʃənɪst] 美 [ˌæbə'lɪʃənɪst]
中文释义	n.废除主义者；废奴主义者
英语例句	(1) He had also been an ardent abolitionist and a founding-father of the Republican Party. (2) However, despite his opposition to the slavery system, he himself was not an abolitionist.
中文例句	(1) 他也曾是一名积极的废除主义者和共和党的创立者。 (2) 他虽然反对奴隶制度，但他并不是废奴主义者。
vocabulary简明	An abolitionist was someone who wanted to end slavery, especially in the United States before the Civil War — when owning slaves was common practice.
vocabulary扩展	Back when many landowners in the United States forced slaves to work their land, abolitionists believed that slavery violated the basic human right of freedom, and organized to make slavery illegal, writing anti-slavery literature, proposing new laws, and smuggling slaves into free Canada. The Latin root abolere means “destroy,” and an abolitionist is generally a person who wants to destroy any law or practice, like the abolitionists who fight to end the death penalty.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]废除主义者；主张废除（某种制度或习俗）的人 An abolitionist is someone who campaigns for the abolition of a particular system or practice. [oft N n] By 1838, the abolitionists had shamed parliament into ending slavery in British colonies... 到1838年，废奴主义者迫使议会出于道德压力而废除了英国殖民地的奴隶制。 As long as most people are happy to have the monarchy, the abolitionist position is an arrogant fantasy. 只要大多数人还乐意保留君主制，废除它的主张就是痴人说梦。

Abolitionist Slavery Slaves End United States Practice 英