the peculiar institution
英汉例句
- Many northerners used this book as a weapon against the South's peculiar institution.
小說講述了發生在美國南部地區一個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