a person who advocates the abolition of social distinctions 平等主义者 ■a situation or activity in which distinctions of class, age, or ability are immaterial (阶级、年龄或能力差别不起作用的)平等情况(或活动) he valued the sport because it was a great leveller. 他很重视这项运动,因为大家都能平等参与。 ■(Leveller)an extreme radical dissenter in the English Civil War (1642–9), calling for the abolition of the monarchy, social and agrarian reforms, and religious freedom 平均主义者,平等主义者(1642–1649年英国内战时期主张废除君主制度,要求社会和土地改革,鼓吹宗教自由的极端激进的反对派)
a person or thing that levels something 平整(某物)的人,平整用的工具