trample ['træm.pl] verb intransitive or transitive [usually + prep] STEP HEAVILY ON 踩 ■to step heavily on something or someone, causing damage or injury 踩,践踏•Somebody trampled all over my flowerbeds in the night!晚上有人把我的花坛全部踩坏了! •Eight people were trampled to death (= killed) when the stadium collapsed and the crowd rushed out onto the football pitch.体育场突然倒塌时,人群冲进足球场,其间八人被踩踏致死。 ['træm.pl] verb intransitive or transitive [usually + prep] TREAT WITHOUT RESPECT 无视 ■to act without any respect for someone or something 侵犯,无视(尊严)•She accused the government of trampling on the needs and rights of the ordinary citizen.她谴责政府无视普通公民的需求和权利。 •He argues that the Congress and President Clinton trampled the constitutional rights of legal immigrants in the new welfare reform law.他认为,国会和克林顿总统在新的福利改革法中侵犯了合法移民享有的宪法所赋予的权利。 |