the peculiar institution
英漢例句
- Many northerners used this book as a weapon against the South's peculiar institution.
小說講述了發(fā)生在美國(guó)南部地區(qū)一個(gè)黑人奴隸與他殘酷的主人之間的故事。 - "Being a problem is a strange experience, " he wrote, "peculiar even, " no doubt evoking the "peculiar institution" of slavery.
NPR: Many Arab-Americans Still Perceived As A 'Problem' - Let's take the unasked for advice of those who have told us to forget about America's peculiar institution.
NPR: Living in the Present Means Taking Focus off Past