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单词 guerilla
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guerilla
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The word guerilla is another way to spell "guerrilla": a member of a small, loosely organized army that fights a larger, stronger force. If you're a guerilla, you confront enemies unexpectedly and use tactics such as sabotage, raids, and ambushes.
A guerilla is not a member of a state-sponsored army. Instead he or she is part of a smaller, independent army that fights a larger, more established force by using tactics that include the element of surprise. Also known as an insurgent or irregular, a guerilla usually exists outside mainstream society and typically has taken a position of active revolt or rebellion against the established ruling power.
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gorilla / guerrilla

You might see a gorilla in a zoo, but a guerrilla (sometimes spelled with one "r"), is someone who belongs to a group of independent fighters. If you remember your high school Spanish, you'll know the difference.

A gorilla is a type of large African ape. Sure they fight, but that's not why they're called gorillas. When they show up in the news, they're usually just monkeying around:

This short clip of a Silverback gorilla in Kent walking upright on his hind legs, like a human, has become an internet sensation. (BBC)

Anaklet says we're going to surprise some gorillas eating breakfast. (Time)

A guerrilla, on the other hand, is a fighter who's a part of a rebellious group that's battling a government or other authority, and likes to raid and ambush. The word has picked up a casual meaning of describing anything that's meant to take you by surprise. Here are some examples:

Al-Shabab had spoken of a switch to guerilla warfare, which could mean more suicide bombings as well as grenade attacks and land mines, he says. (BBC)

Guerrilla Marketing is a phrase coined by Jay Conrad Levinson as a take-no-prisoners way of marketing. (Guerrilla Marketing)

So how will knowing your high school Spanish help you keep them straight? Guerrilla comes from the Spanish word for a war made up of skirmishes. That guerilla is related to guerra for (you guessed it), war. If you remember that guerra is war and guerrilla is little war, you'll remember that in English, independent fighters are guerrillas, no matter how hairy they are.

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guerilla: guerillas
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Each featured a large photograph showing Castro as a young, black-bearded guerilla soldier and arrangements of white roses and his various military and civilian decorations.
Los Angeles Times(Nov 28, 2016)
Greece has a long history of urban guerilla groups, which carry out small-scale bomb or shooting attacks against embassies, police stations or politicians.
Wall Street Journal(Nov 10, 2016)
He toured the country, speaking at schools and universities, and he eventually joined the Mukti Bahini, the Bengali guerilla resistance movement.
The New Yorker(Oct 20, 2016)
n a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
guerrilla, insurgent, irregular
Maquis, Maquisard
a guerrilla fighter in the French underground in World War II
urban guerrilla
a guerrilla who fights only in cities and towns
warrior
someone engaged in or experienced in warfare
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