- insurrection (against somebody/something)
a situation in which a large group of people try to take political control of their own country with violence synonym uprising起义;叛乱;暴动 He led an armed insurrection against the regime. 他领导了一场反对该政权的武装起义。
Extra ExamplesIn 1822 he planned a slave insurrection in South Carolina. 1822 年,他在南卡罗来纳州策划了一场奴隶暴动。 There was a popular insurrection against the police. 发生了针对警察的民众暴动。 They were accused of plotting insurrection against the government. 他们被指控策划反抗政府的叛乱。 Years of discontent turned into armed insurrection. 积年的愤懑转化为武装起义。 insurrection against the monarchy 反抗君主制的起义
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- armed
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- slave
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- plan
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- insurrection against
Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from late Latin insurrectio(n-), from insurgere ‘rise up’.