insurrection
insurrection 英 [ˌɪnsəˈrekʃn] 美 [ˌɪnsəˈrɛkʃən]
n. 暴动；叛乱
名词复数:insurrections
- Insurrection is an uprising against a larger force that's in power. An insurrection can lead to revolution, but it is just as likely to be put down.
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- n. 暴动；叛乱
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1. Or—a possibility that he could not fully anticipate—the system might fend off political insurrection by reform.
或许，他没有意识到的一个可能性是——社会制度可能通过改革来避免政治暴动。
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2. A vote at the end of the debate reaffirmed the legality of Jefferson and company's insurrection, and the American experiment survived to see another day.
辩论的最终结果肯定了杰斐逊的合法性以及之后由此发起的叛乱，美国为自己的尝试赢得了更长的存活时间。
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3. By the standards of India’s Maoist insurrection, which affects roughly a third of the country’s 604 districts and has claimed around 450 lives this year, that is a modest toll.
要是以印度毛主义者暴动的标准来看，今年这场波及了全国604个行政区的三分之一，夺取了450人生命的暴动只能到达“一般般”的程度。
- insurrection (n.) "an uprising against civil authority," early 15c., insurreccion, from Old French insurreccion or directly from Late Latin insurrectionem (nominative insurrectio) "a rising up," noun of action from past participle stem of insurgere "to rise up" (see insurgent).
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