grass roots

英 [ˌɡrɑːs ˈruːts]

美 [ˌɡræs ˈruːts]

n.  基层民众; 平民百姓; 草根

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牛津词典

noun

• 基层民众；平民百姓；草根
  ordinary people in society or in an organization, rather than the leaders or people who make decisions
  1. the grass roots of the party
     党的基层成员
  2. We need support at grass-roots level.
     我们需要基层的支持。

柯林斯词典

• N-PLURAL 基层群众；平民百姓;草根阶层
  Thegrass rootsof an organization or movement are the ordinary people who form the main part of it, rather than its leaders.
  1. You have to join the party at grass-roots level.
     你得参加基层党组织。

英英释义

noun

• the common people at a local level (as distinguished from the centers of political activity)
• the essential foundation or source
  1. the problem was attacked at the grass roots

双语例句

• The senator is sure that he will get support from the grass roots.
  这位参议员相信他能得到基层群众的支持。
• Go down to the grass roots and study the problems there.
  要到下面去研究问题。
• The government officials always investigate conditions at the grass roots.
  政府官员经常对基层情况作调查研究。
• He worked steadily, and fast, pausing only to toss away clumps of grass roots
  他平稳快速地工作着，只在扔掉草根块儿时停顿一下。
• The government has abolished the death penalty but there is still much support for it at the grass roots, among ordinary people.
  政府已废除死刑，但在基层普通群众中仍然有很多人赞成死刑。
• Cadres often go down to the grass roots.
  干部常常深入基层。
• Many of the good ideas in rural reform came from people at the grass roots.
  农村改革中的好多东西，都是基层创造出来。
• On the top step a fat woman in a print dress holds out a licorice stick to a little girl. surface layer of ground containing a matt of grass and grass roots.
  一个穿印花裙的胖女人坐在最上一层的台阶上，手里举着根甘草棒糖喂一个小女孩。由草皮和草根覆盖的地面表层。
• Research on the application of recycled aggregates from scrap concrete in road grass roots
  废弃混凝土再生集料在路面基层中的应用研究
• This is the study of Chinese grass roots social point of departure.
  这是研究中国基层社会的基本背景。