To resign from a high position or office.
辞职;下台;退位
解释: 通常用于政治领导人、首席执行官或具有高社会地位的人自愿离开职位。
范例: After serving for ten years, the CEO decided to step down and let a younger leader take over.
To publicly ask for something to happen.
呼吁;要求
解释: 这是一个正式的表达方式,用于表达对某种行动或改变的强烈公众需求。
范例: The protesters are calling for a change in the law.
By a very large majority of votes.
以压倒性优势(获胜)
解释: Landslide 原意是山崩,在选举语境中形容选票如山崩般涌向某一方,形容差距极大的胜利。
范例: The popular candidate won the mayoral election by a landslide.
To stop believing that something good will happen.
放弃希望
解释: 这是一个非常常见的搭配,用来描述一个人在面对困难时失去信心或动力的心理状态。
范例: Despite the many challenges, she never gave up hope of finding her lost dog.
A method of distance learning where educational materials and assignments are sent between the student and the institution by mail.
通过函授学习法律
解释: “Correspondence”在日常生活中通常指“通信”或“信件”。但在教育语境中,它指的是“函授”,即在网络普及前,学生通过邮件往来来完成学业的远程教学模式。
范例: Before the internet, many people in remote areas obtained degrees through correspondence courses.
A principle, social movement, or political goal that someone supports and fights for.
损害他的事业/理想
解释: “Cause”最常见的意思是“原因”,但在政治或社会改革的语境下,它指的是一个人所致力追求的“理想”、“目标”或“志业”。
范例: The protesters were careful not to do anything that might hurt their cause.
An election victory in which one candidate or party receives a very large majority of the votes.
以压倒性优势赢得选举
解释: “Landslide”原意是“山崩”或“土石流”。在政治术语中,它被用来形容胜选的程度像山崩一样势不可挡,即“大获全胜”或“压倒性胜利”。
范例: After the successful debate, the candidate won the primary by a landslide.
A specialized official body (commission) tasked with discovering and revealing past wrongdoing by a government.
真相与和解委员会
解释: “Commission”在商业中常指“佣金”,但在法律与政府语境中,它指的是受命执行特定任务的“委员会”。这是一个专有名词,特指处理转型正义的机构。
范例: The Truth and Reconciliation Commission helped the country move past its violent history.
A fixed period of time during which a person holds a particular office or position.
仅担任一任任期
解释: “Term”在日常英文中常指“术语”或学校的“学期”。在政治语境中,它专指公职人员的“任期”。
范例: In the United States, a presidential term lasts for four years.