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单词 mutiny
释义
mutinymu‧ti‧ny /ˈmjuːtɪni $ -tn-i/ noun (plural mutinies) [countable, uncountable] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINmutiny
Origin:
1500-1600 mutine ‘to refuse to obey’ (16-17 centuries), from French mutiner, from meute ‘refusal to obey’, from Latin movere ‘to move’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Captain Feener suspected the crew was planning a mutiny.
  • The film tells the story of a mutiny aboard a slave ship.
  • Thirteen soldiers were sentenced to life imprisonment for mutiny.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Dissatisfaction, exacerbated by the non-payment of the usual bonuses, led to a mass exodus and mutiny.
  • Faced with a family mutiny, he decided to pack it in and sell up.
  • It saddened him that if there was to be mutiny, the leader would be Howland.
  • Mrs Aquino now has to decide whether she should be magnanimous in victory or punish those behind the mutiny.
  • The mutiny will not take place.
  • The murmurs - of surprise, dismay, muted terror, mutiny - are allowed to run their course.
  • There was mutiny in their whisperings.
  • There were mutinies in Army units, in some replacement depots, toward the end of the war.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorto take part in a rebellion
· The eastern provinces are likely to rebel if they are not given more freedom.rebel against · The slaves were punished for rebelling against their owners.· When the federal government refused this request, the Southern States rebelled.
to take part in an attempt, especially one that continues only for a short time, to change the government using violence: · When Napoleon won control of the region and attached it to Bavaria, the Tiroleans revolted. revolt against: · Some of the Arab tribes were persuaded to revolt against Turkish rule.· News reached the capital that two garrisons in the south had revolted against the government.
if people rise up , large numbers of them begin violently to oppose their government or other authority, especially without planning to do this: · First, the autoworkers rose up, followed by the steelworkers.· He forecast that the people of Egypt would rise up and overthrow the government.rise up against: · The people of Damascus rose up against their governors.· a proclamation urging the people to rise up against their mastersrise up in revolt/in arms/in rebellion: · The Maya farmers rose up in arms to demand greater democracy and freedom.· The troops would rise up in open rebellion if we tried to make them march any further.
if a group in the army or navy mutiny , they try to take power from their officers by refusing to obey their orders and using violence: · At Odessa, the sailors of the Imperial navy mutinied.mutiny against: · Army factions mutinied against orders from Beijing.
an attempt to change the government or other authority, often using violence
an organized attempt to change the government or other authority, often by using violence: · In 1968, a student rebellion in Paris sparked off a nationwide general strike.· The rebellion started in Kilalla and spread quickly through the Western provinces.rebellion against: · The citizens of Kwangju rose in rebellion against the oppressive regime.· The Duke of Ormond led a military rebellion against the new king. crush/put down a rebellion (=use force to stop it): · Troops were used to put down a rebellion and arrest hundreds of protestors.· The rebellion was crushed by an army assault in which over 200 people died.mount/stage a rebellion (=begin a rebellion): · an unsuccessful attempt to mount a rebellion against British rule· A rebel army of political dissidents had staged a rebellion in December 1989.
a successful attempt by the people of a country to change or destroy the government, often by using violence: · The 1789 revolution marked the end of the French monarchy.· Trotsky was one of the leading figures in the Russian Revolution of 1917.· Just 12 days after the emperor's death, the country erupted into revolution.· an era of rural unrest and peasant revolution
an attempt, especially one that only continues for a short time, to change the government by using violence: · In 1880, a peasant revolt swept the country in protest at the tax on salt.· Louverture headed the revolt of the slaves in the French colony of San Domingo.revolt against: · At a word from Gandhi, India would have risen in revolt.· Mayhew's remarks represented the first American call for revolt against England.crush/suppress/put down a revolt: · Army forces crushed the revolt, forcing many to flee the country.· The Confederate government provided troops to suppress slave revolts.· Herrera knew that if his government failed to put down the revolt, it would spread to outlying areas.
formal an organized attempt to change the government, through violence, especially an attempt that involves a large number of people: · It was widely believed that the outlaws had been plotting an insurrection.· the ruthless suppression of slave insurrections· an outbreak of insurrectionarmed insurrection (=an insurrection in which weapons are used): · The reign of civil disorder and terrorism culminated in armed insurrection.
a sudden unplanned, and often unsuccessful attempt to change the government or other authority, using violence: · Peasant uprisings were the first signs of discontent among the people.· The new law prompted a pro-democracy uprising in the south.· The short-lived uprising fizzled out in the face of strong opposition from government forces.uprising against: · a failed uprising against French colonial rulequell/put down an uprising (=stop it): · The President took immediate steps to quell the uprising.· The new leader put down the uprising by dispatching government troops to the area.
an organized attempt by a group of people in the army or navy to take power from their officers by refusing to obey their orders and using violence: · The film tells the story of a mutiny aboard a slave ship.· Thirteen soldiers were sentenced to life imprisonment for mutiny.
WORD SETS
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when soldiers, sailors etc refuse to obey the person who is in charge of them, and try to take control for themselvesmutiny against He led a mutiny against the captain.mutiny verb [intransitive]:  The soldiers had mutinied over the non-payment of wages.
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