学个词 bully ​pulpit

【学个词 bully pulpit】bully pulpit - n. 名望讲坛,舆论胜地（能提供机会阐明自己观点的重要公职）; 天字第一号讲坛：一个有影响力的公共职位，可以用来提倡和宣扬观点或政策。通常用于描述美国总统的地位。

     Definition: a prominent public position (such as a political office) that provides an opportunity for expounding one's views ,also : such an opportunity

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　　   - Bully vs Bully Pulpit

　　Bully pulpit comes from the 26th U.S. president, Theodore Roosevelt, who observed that his time in office at the White House was a bully pulpit when he said, “I suppose my critics will call that preaching, but I have got such a bully pulpit!” For Roosevelt, bully was an adjective meaning “excellent” or “first-rate”—not today's familiar noun bully referring to an abusive meanie. Roosevelt understood the modern presidency’s power of persuasion and recognized that it gave the incumbent the opportunity to exhort, instruct, or inspire. He took full advantage of his bully pulpit, speaking out about the danger of monopolies, the nation’s growing role as a world power, and other issues important to him. Since the 1960s, bully pulpit has been used as a term for a public position—especially a political office—that provides one with the opportunity to widely share one’s views.

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　　1 She uses her position as a famous actress as a bully pulpit.

　　2 Now, in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Lithuanian officials are turning their particular geopolitical perch into a bully pulpit.—Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 11 July 2023

　　3 The hearing, though, was a showcase of how congressional opposition may only do so much, beyond providing a bully pulpit for grievances, since senators could not even agree on whether the proceeding was all that worthwhile.—Kevin Draper, New York Times, 11 July 2023

　　4 The Biden administration disputes the Republicans' claims, arguing that the communications that the GOP officials uncovered reflect the government using its bully pulpit to promote accurate information in the face of foreign interference in elections and a deadly virus.—Compiled Bydemocrat-Gazette Stafffrom Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 5 July 2023

　　5 Over and over, he made use of the bully pulpit of the presidency, telling Americans he was doing the job they had elected him to do.