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grass roots

/gras-roots, -roots, grahs-/US // ˈgræsˌruts, -ˌrʊts, ˈgrɑs- //

草根,草根阶层,基层,草根组织

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Also grass roots .

    • : the common or ordinary people, especially as contrasted with the leadership or elite of a political party, social organization, etc.; the rank and file.
    • : the agricultural and rural areas of a country.
    • : the people inhabiting these areas, especially as a political, social, or economic group.
    • : the origin or basis of something; the basic or primary concept, rule, part, or the like.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    Also grass-roots .

    • : of, relating to, or involving the common people, especially as contrasted with or separable from an elite: a grassroots movement for nuclear disarmament.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounordinary people
Synonyms
middle america中美洲,中美国家,中美,美国中部common people普通人,老百姓,平民百姓,普通百姓hoi polloi普通人,普通老百姓,普通百姓,普通民众laboring class劳动阶级,劳动阶层,劳工阶层,劳工阶级middle class中产阶级,中产阶层,中產階級,中间阶层proletariat无产阶级,无产者,无产,普罗大众rank and file官兵,官兵们,职级,群众the masses群众,人民群众,大众,群众的wage-earnersworking class工人阶级,工人阶层,劳工阶级,劳工阶层working people劳动人民,工作人士,工作的人,劳动者

Examples

  • This victory would be impossible without the incredible work of hundreds of grassroots volunteers.

  • Maskhane, a grassroots organization, brings together natural-language-processing researchers from Africa to bolster machine-translation work that has neglected nondominant languages.

  • The “Drag Ambassadors” have hosted dozens of grassroots events throughout the year to encourage their audiences to register and have a plan for voting.

  • She had to promise them that her grassroots organization, Girls United for Human Rights, would arrange for the girl’s books and school uniform.

  • It started with a grassroots effort and is doing some wonderful things.

  • The delegates were given envelopes containing $40,000 during a meeting about grassroots soccer initiatives.

  • Either way, this is a conversation that is occurring not just at the penthouse level, but among the grassroots as well.

  • Grassroots organizing accompanied an agenda of legislative sabotage led by the Republican congressional hierarchy.

  • Then, Democratic strategists say, the grassroots were hungry for a real debate after eight years of George Bush.

  • The centrist group thinks they can build centrist grassroots army.

  • His eye to the grassroots, Gramps had long ago understood that everything was as old as creation itself and yet was eternally new.

  • I saw the indications of richness there, and, overturning the earth with my pick, found gold among the very grassroots.

  • Goals 2000 links world-class standards to grassroots reforms and I hope Congress will pass it without delay.

  • In my budget, I propose a grassroots campaign to help inform families about these medical risks.

  • DA enjoyed grassroots support especially by young professionals, businessmen and liberals.

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