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单词 velvet revolution
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Definition of velvet revolution in English:

velvet revolution

noun
  • A non-violent political revolution, especially the relatively smooth change from Communism to a Western-style democracy in Czechoslovakia at the end of 1989.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • By the end of the 1980s the Berlin Wall was down and the velvet revolutions in eastern Europe were under way.
    • Privatization began after the velvet revolution in 1989, and most property owned privately before 1948 has been returned to the owners or their descendants.
    • When Vaclav Havel began his velvet revolution in Prague, Tom, at great personal and professional risk, smuggled printing and publishing equipment into Czechoslovakia to aid the underground press there.
    • O'Neill has the time to effect his velvet revolution after the brusque, abrasive and confrontational approach of his predecessor.
    • I would very much like to think that every repressive country in the world could have its velvet revolution, and soon.

Origin

Translating Czech sametová revoluce.

 
 

Definition of velvet revolution in US English:

velvet revolution

nounˈvelvət ˌrevəˈlo͞oSHən
  • A nonviolent political revolution, especially the relatively smooth change from Communism to a Western-style democracy in Czechoslovakia at the end of 1989.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I would very much like to think that every repressive country in the world could have its velvet revolution, and soon.
    • When Vaclav Havel began his velvet revolution in Prague, Tom, at great personal and professional risk, smuggled printing and publishing equipment into Czechoslovakia to aid the underground press there.
    • Privatization began after the velvet revolution in 1989, and most property owned privately before 1948 has been returned to the owners or their descendants.
    • O'Neill has the time to effect his velvet revolution after the brusque, abrasive and confrontational approach of his predecessor.
    • By the end of the 1980s the Berlin Wall was down and the velvet revolutions in eastern Europe were under way.

Origin

Translating Czech sametová revoluce.

 
 
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