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词汇 revolt
释义 revolt
verb
uk /rɪˈvəʊlt/ us /rɪˈvoʊlt/

revoltverb (PROTEST)


C2[ I ]
If a large number of people revolt, they refuse to be controlled or ruled, and take action against authority, often violent action: 反抗;造反;反叛
The people revolted against foreign rule and established their own government.人们奋起反抗外来统治,并成立了自己的政府。
Synonym
rise(BE OPPOSED TO)
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Taking action against people in power
anarchist
angry young man
anti-apartheid
anti-state
bring
insurgency
insurrection
level up
mutineer
mutinous
red flag
revolution
revolutionarily
revolutionary
ringleader
subversiveness
topple
troublemaker
ungovernable
uprising

revoltverb (UNPLEASANT FEELING)


C2[ T ]
to make someone feel unpleasantly shocked or disgusted: 使厌恶;使惊骇;使反感
We were revolted by the dirt and mess in her house.她家里又脏又乱,我们看着心里生厌。
It revolts me to know that the world spends so much money on arms when millions are dying of hunger.这个世界有数以百万计的人因饥饿挣扎在死亡线上,但却有那么多的钱花在军备上,这真让我感到震惊。
Synonyms
disgust
repel(CAUSE STRONG DISLIKE)
See also
revulsion
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Inspiring dislike
aversive
cloy
disgust
dread
dreaded
gross
gross someone out
ick
it makes me (want to) pukeidiom
non-charismatic
puke
repel
repulse
resistible
sick
unadmired
unbeloved
uncharming
unendearing
unlamented
revolt
noun[ C or U ]
uk /rɪˈvəʊlt/ us /rɪˈvoʊlt/
an attempt to get rid of a government by using violence: 反抗;造反;反叛
Troops were called in to crush/put down the revolt.军队被调来镇压叛乱。
The army is in revolt (against its commanders).军队叛乱(调转枪口指向了指挥官们)。
Synonyms
insurrection
rebellion
rising
uprising
Compare
revolution
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Taking action against people in power
anarchist
angry young man
anti-apartheid
anti-state
bring
insurgency
insurrection
level up
mutineer
mutinous
red flag
revolution
revolutionarily
revolutionary
ringleader
subversiveness
topple
troublemaker
ungovernable
uprising

revolt | American Dictionary


revolt
verb
us/rɪˈvoʊlt/

revoltverb (FIGHT)


[ I ]
to take violent action against authority, or to refuse to be controlled or ruled:
Californians may be ready to revolt against broad cuts in government services.

revoltverb (DISGUST)


[ T ]
to make someone feel disgusted:
I was revolted by his cruelty.

Examples of revolt


revolt
Most were appalled and revolted by such a prospect.
The year 1675 saw the last major anti-tax revolts of the ancien regime.#!
The tax revolts suggest the political limits of progressive financing.
All over the country isolated revolts or efforts against legalistic gobbledygook at the federal, state and corporate levels seemed to grow into a small revolution.
The rivalry between the revolting ministers is an essential part of the story.
70) and the revolts in the years that followed.
Once independence was achieved, he led four revolts (1822, 1823, 1828 and 1832) before being elected president of the republic.
Throughout the 1870s, the condition of the kingdom deteriorated, as food shortages and inflation incited popular revolts and a crime wave of dacoity which the authorities proved powerless to quell.
The adjustment of emotions and expectations to the realities of inherited social practice against which few revolted gave an unusual colouring to the affects of marital life.
He emphasises the lack of national integration, which contributed to the revolts not going beyond local confines, not least because of a lack of organisational capacity.
He goes on to censure his fellow citizens for not revolting against the government, although, to be sure, he did not publicly defy the government either.
The whole country is revolted by this crime against her family and against her whole community.
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They revolted against it, and rightly, because minorities ought not to suffer.
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The whole population was revolted at the system of government that had been imposed on them.
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There was no political unrest underlying these revolts.
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