| 单词 | uprising |
| 释义 | uprising (once / 1657 pages) n An organized rebellion, especially against an authority or government — is an uprising. If your entire math class joined together in rebellion against your teacher's unfair grading practices, you could call it an uprising. The word uprising is most often used to describe a political revolt, often a violent insurrection against the established rule, but its original meaning was very different. In the thirteenth century, an uprising was a resurrection, or "the action of rising from the grave," and soon after that it meant "an action of rising from the bed." It wasn't until the late 1500's that it came to mean "revolt." WORD FAMILYuprising: uprisings USAGE EXAMPLESObama later pays tribute to the uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa as “a moment of opportunity” for change in the region. The Guardian(Jan 03, 2017) Carandiru was Latin America’s largest jail before it was demolished in the aftermath of that uprising. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) He called Burr a latter-day Catiline, the ancient Roman senator who attempted a populist uprising against the Republic. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) n organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper insurrection, rebellion, revolt, rising Peasant's Revolt a widespread rebellion in 1381 against poll taxes and other inequities that oppressed the poorer people of England; suppressed by Richard II Indian Mutinydiscontent with British administration in India led to numerous mutinies in 1857 and 1858; the revolt was put down after several battles and sieges (notably the siege at Lucknow) insurgence, insurgency an organized rebellion aimed at overthrowing a constituted government through the use of subversion and armed conflict intifada, intifadahan uprising by Palestinian Arabs (in both the Gaza Strip and the West Bank) against Israel in the late 1980s and again in 2000 mutinyopen rebellion against constituted authority (especially by seamen or soldiers against their officers) battle, conflict, struggle an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals) |
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