insurgent: [18] An insurgent is etymologically someone who ‘rises up’. The word comes from the Latin verb insurgere, which was formed from in- in the sense ‘a(chǎn)gainst’ and surgere ‘rise’ (source of English surge and source). An insurgent is hence fairly straightforwardly a rebel, someone taking part in an uprising, a belligerent who is not part of an officially recognized fighting force.
Choice of vocabulary in this area tends to be controversial, however, and the use of insurgent to denote Iraqi irredentists after the Coalition invasion of 2003 was widely criticized – partly, perhaps, from the misconception that they were being characterized as ‘surging in’ from outside the country. The longer established insurrection [15], from the same ultimate source, is much less liable to such misunderstanding. => resource, resurrection, source, surge
insurgent (n.)
"one who rises in revolt," 1765, from Latin insurgentem (nominative insurgens), present participle of insurgere "rise up, rise against, revolt," from in- "against," or perhaps merely intensive, + surgere "to rise" (see surge). An obsolete verb insurge "to rise in opposition or insurrection" is attested from 1530s.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. Insurgent forces were reported advancing in the region.
據(jù)報(bào)道,起義軍在這個(gè)地區(qū)正向前推進(jìn).
來自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
2. The insurgent mob assembled at the gate of the city park.
叛變的暴徒聚在市立公園的門口.
來自辭典例句
3. Recent insurgent attacks are likely to make banks even more reticent.
近來的叛亂攻擊使銀行更不輕易貸款.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
4. Faruk says they are threatened both by insurgent and government forces.
法魯克說,他們受到暴亂分子和政府軍隊(duì)的雙重威脅.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
5. General Washington led the insurgent forces in the Revolutionary War.