soapbox

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英語

其他形式

• soap box, soap-box

詞源

soap +‎ box。比喻用法是因為美國的肥皂產品常用大木箱運到商店內，以前，常有人看到可以站上去的東西（比如這些肥皂箱子）就站上去開始向附近居民發表即興演講。

發音

• 國際音標^(幫助): /ˈsəʊpbɒks/

• （英國南部）音頻：

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名詞

soapbox (複數 soapboxes)

1. (字面義) 肥皂箱子
2. (比喻義) 觀點發表平台；臨時演講台

   The madman obtained a soapbox which he stood on at the corner of Broadway and Wall street, to shout out his prophesy of the end of the world.

   那個瘋子站在百老匯和華爾街角落，大喊大叫宣傳他的世界末日預言。

   • 1905, Upton Sinclair, 章號 XXV, 出自 The Jungle, 紐約，N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, 出版於 1906年2月26日, →OCLC:

     The one image which the word “Socialist” brought to Jurgis was of poor little Tamoszius Kuszleika, who had called himself one, and would go out with a couple of other men and a soap-box, and shout himself hoarse on a street corner Saturday nights.

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   • 2013, Robert F. Ely, Candidate for President, →ISBN，第 25 頁:

     Bernhard's last appearance on a late-night talk show was a handy soapbox to expound on his political message of patriotism, nationalism, and populism.

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3. (比喻義) 愛聊的話題 （尤指與當前談話不太相關的）

   He's been on his soapbox all day about the new football coach.

   他這整天都在說新足球教練的事。

4. 肥皂盒汽車 （一種沒有引擎的簡易小車，常用來參加靠重力前進的下坡競速）

動詞

soapbox (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 soapboxes，現在分詞 soapboxing，一般過去時及過去分詞 soapboxed)

1. （站在某處）發表臨時演講
   • 2011, Phil Wolfson, Noe: A Father-Son Song of Love, Life, Illness, and Death, North Atlantic Books, →ISBN:

     He soapboxed for whales and pressed us to write petitions and demonstrate with him—he as the leader, we as followers.

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   • 2015, Marc Matera, Black London: The Imperial Metropolis and Decolonization in the Twentieth Century, University of California Press, →ISBN，第 80 頁:

     […] and various members soapboxed in Hyde Park on Sunday.

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