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Change log entry 46043
Processed by: ycandau (2013-02-10 16:50:06 UTC)
Comment: << review queue entry 42752 - submitted by 'richwarm' >>
國人的消費意識也逐漸抬頭,消費者不再是任由黑心商人宰割的羔羊。
consumer awareness in Taiwan has gradually grown, meaning that consumers are no longer lambs being led to the slaughter by unscrupulous businessmen.

天花傳入阿茲特克帝國後,面對這種全然陌生的微生物感染,當地族群完全沒有抗體,只能任其宰割。
When smallpox struck the Aztec empire, the indigenous population had no resistance to infection from the virus, and was consequently decimated by it.

現在他們可不能再任人宰割。
But now they will never let themselves be taken advantage of again.

沒有發行管道的獨立創作者只能「任人宰割」。
Independent producers without distribution channels have been helplessly "slaughtered."

Editor: FLTRP :invade,oppress and exploit
shows, how smth that is slightly off can end totally misleading
Diff:
- 宰割 宰割 [zai3 ge1] /to invade/
+ 宰割 宰割 [zai3 ge1] /to slaughter/(fig.) to ride roughshod over/to take advantage of (others)/
+ 任人宰割 任人宰割 [ren4 ren2 zai3 ge1] /to get trampled on (idiom)/to be taken advantage of/
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