竞选活动因为年轻人的支持而越来越有声势,他们拒绝了他们那一代对政治不感兴趣的神话,他们离开家,从事那些薪水少而且辛苦的工作。

It drew strength from the young people who rejected the myth of their generation's apathy, who left their homes and their families for jobs that offered little pay and less sleep.

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Sentence Composition

1 竞选活动 jìngxuǎnhuódòng (election) campaign
2 因为 yīnwèi
  1. because
  2. owing to
  3. on account of
3 年轻人 niánqīngrén
  1. young people
  2. youngster
=4 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 de "one made of leather" or 跑堂儿的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. or di in poetry and songs
=4 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=4 really and truly
=4 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
5 支持 zhīchí
  1. to be in favor of
  2. to support
  3. to back
  4. support
  5. backing
  6. to stand by

classifier:

6 ér
  1. and
  2. as well as
  3. and so
  4. but (not)
  5. yet (not)
  6. (indicates causal relation)
  7. (indicates change of state)
  8. (indicates contrast)
7 越来越 yuèláiyuè more and more
8 有声 yǒushēng
  1. to have a reputation; to be renown
  2. to have sound or voice
9 shì
  1. power
  2. influence
  3. potential
  4. momentum
  5. tendency
  6. trend
  7. situation
  8. conditions
  9. outward appearance
  10. sign
  11. gesture
  12. male genitals
10 他们 men they; them
11 拒绝 jué to refuse; to decline; to reject
=12 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=12 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with or after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as or ) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of liǎo)
=12 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=12 liào unofficial variant of liào
13 他们 men they; them
=14 surname Na
=14 Nuó surname Nuo
=14 variant of
=14
  1. (specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. nèi)
  2. (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations)
  3. then (in that case)
=14 nuó
  1. (archaic) many
  2. beautiful
  3. how
  4. old variant of nuó
15 一代 dài generation
16 duì
  1. right; correct
  2. towards; at; for
  3. concerning; regarding
  4. to treat (sb a certain way)
  5. to face
  6. (bound form) opposite; facing; matching
  7. to match together; to adjust
  8. to fit; to suit
  9. to answer; to reply
  10. to add; to pour in (a fluid)
  11. to check; to compare
  12. classifier: couple; pair
17 政治 zhèngzhì
  1. politics
  2. political
18
  1. no; not so
  2. (bound form) not; un-
19 感兴趣 gǎnxìng to be interested
=20 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 de "one made of leather" or 跑堂儿的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. or di in poetry and songs
=20 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=20 really and truly
=20 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
21 神话 shénhuà
  1. legend
  2. fairy tale
  3. myth
  4. mythology
22 他们 men they; them
23 离开 kāi to depart; to leave
=24 jiā used in 家伙 jiāhuo and 家俱 jiā
=24 jiā
  1. home
  2. family
  3. (polite) my (sister, uncle etc)
  4. classifier for families or businesses
  5. refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China
  6. noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian

classifier:

=24 jie only used in 大家 (dàgū)
25 从事 cóngshì
  1. to go for
  2. to engage in
  3. to undertake
  4. to deal with
  5. to handle
  6. to do
26 那些 xiē those
27 薪水 xīnshuǐ
  1. salary
  2. wage
=28 shǎo
  1. few
  2. less
  3. to lack
  4. to be missing
  5. to stop (doing sth)
  6. seldom
=28 shào young
29 而且 érqiě
  1. (not only ...) but also
  2. moreover
  3. in addition
  4. furthermore
30 辛苦 xīn
  1. exhausting
  2. hard
  3. tough
  4. arduous
  5. to work hard
  6. to go to a lot of trouble
  7. hardship(s)
=31 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 de "one made of leather" or 跑堂儿的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. or di in poetry and songs
=31 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=31 really and truly
=31 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
32 工作 gōngzuò
  1. to work
  2. (of a machine) to operate
  3. job
  4. work
  5. task

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