a person who takes part in terrorism 恐怖主义者;恐怖分子 The terrorists are threatening to blow up the plane. 恐怖分子扬言要炸毁飞机。 a terrorist attack/bomb/group 恐怖分子的袭击/炸弹/团体
Extra ExamplesTopics War and conflictb2, Crime and punishmentb2The bomb attacks have been attributed to a group of international terrorists. 爆炸袭击事件被认为是一伙国际恐怖分子所为。 an increase in terrorist activity 恐怖主义活动的抬头 the recruitment of young would-be terrorists 招募年轻的潜在恐怖分子 the victim of a terrorist atrocity 恐怖主义暴行的受害者 Three suspected terrorists have been arrested. 逮捕了三名恐怖分子嫌疑人。 A terrorist bomb brought down a huge section of the central bank building. 一枚恐怖炸弹炸毁了中央银行大楼的一大部分。
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Word Originlate 18th cent.: from French terroriste, from Latin terror, from terrere ‘frighten’. The word was originally applied to supporters of the Jacobins in the French Revolution, who advocated repression and violence in pursuit of the principles of democracy and equality.