| 单词 | revolt |
| 释义 | revolt (once / 62 pages) 1vn 2v Revolt means to rise up against an authority in an act of rebellion. You might see an opposition group revolt against a government, or you might revolt against your oppressive 10:00 curfew. Revolt has a noun form as well to describe that kind of rebellious uprising. Your revolt is successful if you get permission to stay out past 11:00. Revolt can also mean to disgust or sicken, either physically or in terms of your sensibilities. Your stomach may revolt at the idea of eating cauliflower again. You could combine the two meanings of revolt if you stage a revolt in the kitchen to stop from having to eat vegetables that revolt you. WORD FAMILYrevolt: revolted, revolting, revolts, revolution+/counterrevolution: counterrevolutionary, counterrevolutionist, counterrevolutions/counterrevolutionary: counterrevolutionaries/revolting: revoltingly/revolution: counterrevolution, revolutionary, revolutionise, revolutionism, revolutionize, revolutions/revolutionary: revolutionaries, revolutionarily/revolutionise: revolutionised, revolutionises, revolutionising/revolutionism: revolutionisms, revolutionist/revolutionist: revolutionists/revolutionize: revolutionized, revolutionizes, revolutionizing USAGE EXAMPLESResolving the contradictions within the government’s various positions, and preventing backbench revolts destroying its slim parliamentary majority, will be all-consuming. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) Half-a-dozen revolts that he helped organise against an ossified Qing dynasty were failures. Economist(Nov 03, 2016) The populist revolt highlights the need to rejuvenate democratic public discourse, to address the big questions people care about, including moral and cultural issues. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) 1 1v make revolution The people revolted when bread prices tripled again Hyper arise, rebel, rise, rise up take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance 2n organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another 2Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper insurrection, rebellion, rising, uprising 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) 1v fill with distaste Syn|Hypo|Hyper disgust, gross out, repel nauseate, sicken, turn one's stomach upset and make nauseated excite, stimulate, stir stir feelings in 2v cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of Syn|Hypo|Hyper churn up, disgust, nauseate, sicken appal, appall, offend, outrage, scandalise, scandalize, shock strike with disgust or revulsion repel, repulse be repellent to; cause aversion in |
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