leveller
leveller — 名詞
- levellersingular
- levellersplural
1. something that touches people from every group or social rank in exactly the sam
平等力量
讓各階層的人都一視同仁的事物
something that touches people from every group or social rank in exactly the same way, so that for a moment nobody is more important than anyone else.
Many writers have called death the great leveller, since it comes to rich and poor alike.
許多作家把死亡稱為最公平的調節者，因為它對富人和窮人一視同仁。
fixed phrase: the great leveller
On the football pitch, mud is a true leveller, slowing the fastest players to a crawl.
在足球場上，泥濘是真正的平衡者，把跑最快的球員也拖到緩步而行。
subject is an inanimate force that erases rank
The power cut acted as a leveller, leaving every flat in the building dark and cold.
那次停電成了平等的力量，讓大樓裡每一戶都又黑又冷。
acted as a leveller (verb + as)
A long queue at the clinic is a leveller, where a judge waits beside a cleaner.
診所外排起的長隊也能拉平身分，法官就站在清潔工旁邊等候。
Heavy rain was the leveller at the village fair, soaking guests of every age and rank.
大雨是村莊園遊會上的平衡者，把各年齡、各身分的賓客都淋濕了。
- the great leveller
- a true leveller
- act as a leveller
文法句型
the great leveller
用法筆記
Most often used in the fixed phrase 'the great leveller', and the subject is usually an impersonal force (death, weather, illness) rather than a person.
2. a person who argues that differences of wealth, class, or political power betwee
平權倡議者
主張消除階級與財富差距的人
a person who argues that differences of wealth, class, or political power between people should be removed so that everyone is treated as equal.
Hassan was a lifelong leveller who believed every farmer deserved the same vote as a lord.
Hassan 一生都是平權倡議者，深信每個農夫都該和貴族擁有同樣的選票。
person + believed/argued for equal rights
The young leveller stood on a crate and demanded that landowners share the common fields.
那名年輕的平權倡議者站在木箱上，要求地主把公有田地分出來。
Critics mocked the levellers, claiming that wiping out rank would only breed disorder.
批評者嘲笑這些平權人士，說抹平階級只會帶來混亂。
plural: the levellers as a political group
As a leveller, Élise wrote pamphlets calling for equal pay and an end to inherited titles.
身為平權倡議者，Élise 寫小冊子呼籲同工同酬，並廢除世襲爵位。
The old soldier became a leveller, arguing that no one was born to rule another.
那名老兵後來成了平權倡議者，主張沒有人生來就該統治別人。
- a committed leveller
- the levellers
- egalitarian
more modern and neutral; the standard word today
- radical
broader; not specifically about equality
- elitist
favours rule by a privileged few
用法筆記
Often capitalised as 'Leveller' when naming the seventeenth-century English movement; lower-case for the general political sense. Distinguish from sense 1, which is a force, not a person.
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常見搭配
常用片語
- the great leveller
- a true leveller
介系詞搭配
- act as a leveller