soapbox

1. N-COUNT A soapbox is a small temporary platform on which a person stands when he or she is making a speech outdoors. 臨時小講臺

One of them climbed aboard a soapbox and began informing the locals why gays should be allowed in the military. 他們其中的一個人登上了小講臺，開始跟儅地人講爲(wèi)什麼同性戀者應(yīng)該被允許征召入伍。

2. N-COUNT If you say that someone is on their soapbox, you mean that they are speaking or writing about something they have strong feelings about. 極有感觸之事

We were interested in pushing forward certain issues and getting up on our soapbox about them. 我們對推動某些問題的進(jìn)展十分關(guān)注，很想就此發(fā)表我們的意見。