| 英语单词 | terrorist |
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| 英美音标 | 英 ['terərɪst] 美 ['terərɪst] |
| 中文释义 | n.恐怖分子 adj.恐怖主义的 |
| 英语例句 | (1) The terrorists are threatening to blow up the hijacked airliner. (2) The embassy is an obvious target for terrorist attacks. (3) Most disappearances are the result of the terrorist activity. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 恐怖分子扬言要炸毁劫持的客机。 (2) 大使馆是恐怖分子攻击的明显目标。 (3) 大多数的失踪案都是恐怖活动造成的。 |
| vocabulary简明 | Someone who uses violence, mayhem, and destruction — or the threat of those things — to coerce people or countries into taking a certain action is a terrorist. A terrorist may be motivated by religious fervor, politics, or just plain old-fashioned greed. |
| vocabulary扩展 | Terrorist has at its root the word "terror," which comes from the Latin word terrorem, meaning great fear. Great fear is exactly what terrorists hope to create so they can manipulate the situation to their benefit. The label terrorist is a subjective one. To the British, the American colonists who destroyed shiploads of tea in Boston Harbor in 1773 were terrorists. To colonists, they were patriots and heroes. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]恐怖主义分子 A terrorist is a person who uses violence, especially murder and bombing, in order to achieve political aims. [oft N n] [disapproval]
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