soapbox

noun

1. （多指户外的）临时演讲台
   a small temporary platform that sb stands on to make a speech in a public place, usually outdoors

1. N-COUNT (作户外演讲时用的)临时小讲台
   A soapbox is a small temporary platform on which a person stands when he or she is making a speech outdoors.
   1. One of them climbed aboard a soapbox and began informing the locals why gays should be allowed in the military.
      他们中间的一个人登上了小讲台，开始跟当地人讲军队为什么应该允许招募同性恋者。
   2. ...soapbox speeches.
      露天演讲
2. N-COUNT (针对某事自己有强烈看法的)演讲，发表意见，书写感受
   If you say that someone is on their soapbox, you mean that they are speaking or writing about something they have strong feelings about.
   1. We were interested in pushing forward certain issues and getting up on our soapbox about them...
      我们对推进某些问题十分关注，很想就这些问题发表我们的意见。
   2. I wanted to talk about the pension age. It's rather a soapbox of mine.
      我想谈一谈领取退休金的年龄这个问题，对此我颇有想法。

1. One of them climbed aboard a soapbox and began informing the locals why gays should be allowed in the military.
   他们中间的一个人登上了小讲台，开始跟当地人讲军队为什么应该允许招募同性恋者。
2. We were interested in pushing forward certain issues and getting up on our soapbox about them
   我们对推进某些问题十分关注，很想就这些问题发表我们的意见。
3. I wanted to talk about the pension age. It's rather a soapbox of mine.
   我想谈一谈领取退休金的年龄这个问题，对此我颇有想法。
4. He concludes with Nuff said, his catchphrase from the Stans Soapbox columns that used to run in Marvel books.
   他的总结以奈夫说道，结束这是他曾经在漫威书系专栏斯坦的街头演说中的标语。
5. Before long, I am on my soapbox, insisting that they shouldn't be awed by such symbols of wealth.
   总有一天我会忍不住对他们说，不应该被这些财富的表象东西所吓倒。
6. I had made a cage for my pigeons out of a soapbox.
   我用肥皂箱给我的鸽子做了一个笼子。
7. If anyone mentions food she gets on his soapbox and tells us all how evil it is to eat meat and how healthy we would all be if we ate only vegetables.
   如果有人提起食物，她就要大发议论，告诉我们大家吃荤是如何有害，要是全吃素，就会如何如何有益于健康。
8. He switched the fan on, and as each soapbox passed the fan, it simply blew the empty boxes out of the line.
   在肥皂盒经过流水线诗，空盒被吹出了流水线，就这么简单。
9. Some politicians criticised me for giving the enemy a soapbox, but the BBC backed me up.
   一些政客指责我给了敌人发表强烈言论的机会，但bbc支持我的做法。
10. "You look good on a soapbox, luke," said Meggie ironically.
    “卢克，你在临时演说台上倒是口才不错呀。”麦琪嘲讽地说。
11. He was equally at home in a pulpit or on a soapbox.
    他在教堂的讲坛上和街头的临时讲台上同样挥洒自如。
12. One of Japan's biggest cosmetics companies received a complaint that a consumer had bought a soapbox that was empty.
    一家公司，日本最大的化妆品公司之一，收到了一份投诉，一个顾客买的一盒肥皂，盒子里面是空的。
13. But I'll get off my soapbox.
    但是我还是开始我的演说吧。
14. Yet by framing criticism in terms of Chinese tradition, Mr Rudd has established an interesting middle road between the quiet chat that gets ignored and standing on a soapbox to deliver lectures.
    然而，陆克文用中国传统来框定批评意见，由此在听过就忘的密室清谈与站在台上高声说教之间，打开了一条有意思的中间道路。
15. Answers as a soapbox to vent your frustrations, rant, or otherwise violate the question and answer format.
    作为肥皂箱回答发泄你的挫折，咆哮，或不那样违背这个问题和答案格式。
16. Get off your soapbox, jimmy.
    把你这些东西拿走jimmy。

n.

get/be on your soapbox

• 发表激烈的意见
  to express the strong opinions that you have about a particular subject

noun

1. a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it

   Synonym:    daispodiumpulpitrostrumambostump

2. a crate for packing soap