【abolitionist】 - A-level备考词汇

abolitionist

UK:  [.æbə'lɪʃ(ə)nɪst]

US:  [.æbə'lɪʃ(ə)nɪst]

复数：abolitionists  

1 . Such was the general political and economic picture in the United States when the abolitionist movement began to make itself felt.
这就是废奴运动开始时美国的政治和经济现状。

2 . Plymouth was the home of the great abolitionist preacher Henry Ward Beecher and a stop on the Underground Railroad.
杰出的废奴主义者HenryWard牧师曾居住在普利茅斯教堂，现在这个教堂是地铁的一个站点。

3 . Still, Clay was a national leader. He knew it would be bad to stand too strongly opposed to the growing abolitionist movement.
克莱是一位国家领导人，他知道，他如此坚决地反对正在日益兴起的废奴运动将给他带来很坏的影响。

4 . That was the abolitionist movement, which opposed slavery. Abolitionists did not like Clay, because he owned slaves.
这支政治力量就是风起云涌的废奴运动，废奴运动者并不喜欢克莱，因为他本身就拥有奴隶。

5 . I never dreamed that he would be an Abolitionist.
我从未想到他竟然是一个废奴主义者。