释义 |
soapboxsoap‧box /ˈsəʊpbɒks $ ˈsoʊpbɑːks/ noun [countable usually singular] informal - But last Saturday Major climbed on to that soapbox in Luton.
- He was the soapbox orator who could quote Virgil or Shakespeare to give dignity to a bitter grudge.
- My first memories of a Leeds match were standing on a soapbox with my dad, when we scored a goal.
- Nor do the parties offer their constituents soapboxes on which to air their views.
- That led to the idea of a dedicated electronic soapbox on the issue.
- The Prime Minister was on his soapbox.
- Unlike John Major and his soapbox, it is not part of the image.
- With his wife Norma beside him, he climbed on to a soapbox to put across his campaign message.
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