The people have been trodden down for too long.

人民受压迫的时间太久了。

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Mine eyes shall behold her: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets.

他必被践踏，如同街上的泥土。

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Has long since come to pass; and Jerusalem is already trodden down and desecrated by Gentiles.

长期以来，由于来通过；和耶路撒冷是已走过下跌和亵渎的，由外邦人。

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As always happens in such cases, there are some opposite numbers to those short sellers: value investors looking to buy a cheap stock unfairly trodden down by Mr. Market.

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Both have a deep connection with the down-trodden masses.

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The grapes are trodden within it and the juice that flows out is channelled down wooden pipes into holes in the cellar floor.

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