| 单词 | boxer rebellion |
| 释义 | > as lemmasBoxer rebellion a. As a modifier, designating the Chinese nationalist uprising (1899–1900) led by the Boxers (see sense 3) in protest against growing foreign encroachment into China, esp. in Boxer rebellion, Boxer uprising. [The Chinese name for these events is Yìhétuán yùndòng ( < Yìhétuán, the name of the Boxers (see main etymology) + yùndòng movement, (political) campaign).] ΚΠ 1899 North-China Herald 27 Dec. 1268/3 The Boxer Rebellion, which has been fostered with such paternal care by the inaction and wrong action of the Manchu Governor of Shantung, still holds on its unimpeded way. 1922 W. M. West Story World Progress lxii. 608 Many missionaries and travelers were massacred..and..European embassies in Peking were besieged. The siege was soon raised, and the Boxer rising crushed with savage retaliation. 1961 A. Feuerwerker & S. Cheng Chinese Communist Stud. Mod. Chinese Hist. (1970) ii. 113 The Boxer uprising is currently interpreted as having saved China from becoming another Africa or an India, a colony of the Western powers. 2006 New Statesman (Nexis) 26 June Nothing epitomised the subjugation of Asia better than the violation of Chinese sovereignty in 1900 by a multinational force..sent to suppress the Boxer Rebellion. < as lemmas |
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