| 单词 | patriot |
| 释义 | patriot (once / 156 pages) n A patriot is someone who loves and who has sometimes fought for his or her country. “Nathan Hale was a true patriot; his only regret was that he had but one life to give for his country.” The word patriot comes from patrios (Greek, not Latin for once), which means "of one’s father." So, despite various references to the motherland, the word patriot more or less lands us square in the fatherland arena. And if you’re a football fan, the New England Patriots is a near-Boston-based team (Boston being a major source of American patriots in the Revolutionary War). And, if you want to get yourself in trouble, you can wander Boston with a megaphone chanting, “The Patriots stink.” WORD FAMILYpatriot: patrioteer, patriotic, patriots+/patrioteer: patrioteers/patriotic: patriotically, patriotism, superpatriotic, unpatriotic/patriotism: patriotisms, superpatriotism/unpatriotic: unpatriotically USAGE EXAMPLESTom Brady, QB, Patriots… Yes, he only played 12 games. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) Two rushes for minus-8 yards against the New England Patriots the next week put him back in the red. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) Good sense says the New England Patriots did not need to sign receiver Michael Floyd when the Cardinals released him a few weeks ago. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) n one who loves and defends his or her country Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper nationalist Giuseppe Garibaldi Italian patriot whose conquest of Sicily and Naples led to the formation of the Italian state (1807-1882) Maud GonneIrish patriot and a founder of the Sinn Fein (1865-1953) Tadeusz Andrzej Bonawentura KosciuszkoPolish patriot and soldier who fought with Americans in the American Revolution (1746-1817) Giuseppe MazziniItalian nationalist whose writings spurred the movement for a unified and independent Italy (1805-1872) chauvinist, flag-waver, hundred-percenter, jingo, jingoist, patrioteer an extreme bellicose nationalist national, subject a person who owes allegiance to that nation |
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