| 单词 | revolutionary |
| 释义 | revolutionary (once / 339 pages) 1adjn 2adj A revolutionary person fearlessly advocates radical change. Revolutionary people and ideas challenge the status quo and might be violent or willing to upset the natural order to achieve their goals. Like the word revolve, it's all about turning things around. Revolutionary leaders want to change the world by any means necessary. Before he was the coolest face on a T-shirt, Che Guevara was ready to die for change in South America (and in fact, he did). You don't need to be violent to be revolutionary, just ask Gandhi and Rev. Martin Luther King. You don't even need to be political. Alexander McQueen, John Lennon, and Picasso could tell you that. WORD FAMILYrevolutionary: revolutionaries, revolutionarily+/counterrevolution: counterrevolutionary, counterrevolutionist, counterrevolutions/counterrevolutionary: counterrevolutionaries/revolt: revolted, revolting, revolts, revolution/revolting: revoltingly/revolution: counterrevolution, revolutionary, revolutionise, revolutionism, revolutionize, revolutions/revolutionise: revolutionised, revolutionises, revolutionising/revolutionism: revolutionisms, revolutionist/revolutionist: revolutionists/revolutionize: revolutionized, revolutionizes, revolutionizing USAGE EXAMPLESProceeds from a so-called revolutionary tax imposed on wood sales was transferred to his personal accounts, prosecutors allege. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) A collection of nine black powder rifles, replicas of the sort used in the Revolutionary and Civil wars. Washington Post(Dec 31, 2016) “Revolutionary violence is necessary, and it is a liberating force,” she told the jury. New York Times(Jan 12, 2012) 1 1adj markedly new or introducing radical change a revolutionary discovery Syn radical new not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered 2adj relating to or having the nature of a revolution revolutionary wars the Revolutionary era 3adj advocating or engaged in revolution revolutionary pamphlets a revolutionary junta Ant counterrevolutionary marked by opposition or antipathy to revolution 4n a radical supporter of political or social revolution 2Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper revolutionist, subversive, subverter Marie Anne Charlotte Corday d'Armont French revolutionary heroine (a Girondist) who assassinated Marat (1768-1793) Georges Jacques DantonFrench revolutionary leader who stormed the Paris bastille and who supported the execution of Louis XVI but was guillotined by Robespierre for his opposition to the Reign of Terror (1759-1794) Ernesto Guevaraan Argentine revolutionary leader who was Fidel Castro's chief lieutenant in the Cuban revolution; active in other Latin American countries; was captured and executed by the Bolivian army (1928-1967) Mao TsetungChinese communist leader (1893-1976) Jean Paul MaratFrench revolutionary leader (born in Switzerland) who was a leader in overthrowing the Girondists and was stabbed to death in his bath by Charlotte Corday (1743-1793) Jose Julian MartiCuban poet and revolutionary who fought for Cuban independence from Spain (1853-1895) Karl Marxfounder of modern communism; wrote the Communist Manifesto with Engels in 1848; wrote Das Kapital in 1867 (1818-1883) Honore-Gabriel Victor RiquetiFrench revolutionary who was prominent in the early days of the French Revolution (1749-1791) Maxmillien Marie Isidore de RobespierreFrench revolutionary; leader of the Jacobins and architect of the Reign of Terror; was himself executed in a coup d'etat (1758-1794) Lev Davidovich BronsteinRussian revolutionary and Communist theorist who helped Lenin and built up the army; he was ousted from the Communist Party by Stalin and eventually assassinated in Mexico (1879-1940) Francisco VillaMexican revolutionary leader (1877-1923) Emiliano ZapataMexican revolutionary who led a revolt for agrarian reforms (1879-1919) Chou En-laiChinese revolutionary and communist leader (1898-1976) Nat TurnerUnited States slave and insurrectionist who in 1831 led a rebellion of slaves in Virginia; he was captured and executed (1800-1831) Denmark VeseyUnited States freed slave and insurrectionist in South Carolina who was involved in planning an uprising of slaves and was hanged (1767-1822) Sir William WallaceScottish insurgent who led the resistance to Edward I; in 1297 he gained control of Scotland briefly until Edward invaded Scotland again and defeated Wallace and subsequently executed him (1270-1305) counter-revolutionist, counterrevolutionary, counterrevolutionist a revolutionary whose aim is to reverse the changes introduced by an earlier revolution dynamiter, dynamitista person who uses dynamite in a revolutionary cause Girondin, Girondista member of the moderate republican party that was in power during the French Revolution; the Girondists were overthrown by their more radical rivals the Jacobins freedom fighter, insurgent, insurrectionist, rebela person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions) mutineersomeone who is openly rebellious and refuses to obey authorities (especially seamen or soldiers) Young Turka member of one or more of the insurgent groups in Turkey in the late 19th century who rebelled against the absolutism of Ottoman rule radical a person who has radical ideas or opinions adj of or relating to or characteristic or causing an axial or orbital turn Syn rotatory |
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