| 单词 | velvet revolution |
| 释义 | > as lemmasvelvet revolution velvet revolution n. [translating Czech sametová revoluce] a non-violent political revolution, esp. one in which a totalitarian regime is replaced; spec. the sequence of events in Czechoslovakia which led to the ending of communist rule in late 1989.Czechoslovakia was peacefully divided into the Czech Republic and Slovakia in January 1993. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > revolution > [noun] > specific revolutions American Revolution1779 revolution1784 French Revolution1789 revolution1790 Fructidor1793 Russian Revolution1805 agrarian revolution1824 February Revolution1848 October Revolution1917 revolution1917 cultural revolution1929 velvet revolution1989 society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > revolution > [noun] > non-violent velvet revolution1989 1989 Guardian 29 Nov. 23 (heading) The gentle revolution.] 1989 N.Y. Times 9 Dec. i. 9/1 This was a special way of declaring their faith in what has come to be called the velvet revolution, for its gentle, nonviolent quality. 1990 Independent on Sunday 17 June (Review Suppl.) 20/1 Now that ‘velvet’ revolutions are all the rage, Citizens never shirks from examining the bloodlust of 1789. < as lemmas |
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