grass roots

• 指组织、运动或社会中最基础、最根本或最普通的层面，尤其用于政治或社会倡议中，强调基层民众的参与而非领导层。

Refers to the most basic, fundamental, or ordinary level of an organization, movement, or society, especially in politics or community initiatives, emphasizing local participation rather than leadership.

1. B2formal

   The ordinary people in a society or organization, as opposed to the leaders or elite.

   草根

   • The party's policies are supported by the grass roots.
   • The movement started at the grass roots level.
   • Grass roots activists organized the protest.

2. B2formal

   The most basic or fundamental level of an activity or organization.

   基层

   • The project needs support from the grass roots up.
   • Change must come from the grass roots, not from the top.
   • The campaign focused on grass roots fundraising.