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Politicians often protest that services are for dodgy financiers or downtrodden burger-flippers and that Germany deserves better.
政客们总是反对面向风险金融家或是底层劳苦大众的服务业，但德国应当得到更好的服务。
He was vocally critical of policies that targeted the downtrodden, such as a Senate-approved transit tax that made it difficult for refugees to resettle.
他口头批评不利于弱势群体的政策，如议会通过的一项妨碍难民重建家园的税务法案。
Enric Duran calls himself Robin Hood and acts as the self-appointed avenger of downtrodden loan defaulters and all poor victims of the global financial meltdown.
埃里克·杜兰自诩为：“罗宾汉”，他自作主张，为处境悲惨的无力还贷者以及全球金融危机中所有贫苦受害人复仇。

"He devised a large number of programs for the benefit of farmers, for the benefit of downtrodden people, for health care, for self-help groups of women,"
Now I'm a kind--now,over here-- I'm a kind,compassionate, warm individual who cares about the downtrodden.
现在的我是一个-,善良，有同情心，会在乎弱者的人。
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They are expressing grievances not only against the banks but more importantly against the blatant income inequality in the U.S., with the 1% ultra-rich paying less of their fair share in taxes while the downtrodden low-income masses bear more of the burden, even as massive unemployment has made their lives more unbearable.
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He voted in favour of the NAFTA free-trade area in 1993, but on the campaign trail, especially in the downtrodden mid-west, he has promised to review all of America's free-trade agreements.
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People who are downtrodden are treated very badly by people with power, and do not have the ability or the energy to do anything about it.