PGREBELLION/REVOLUTIONone of a group of people fighting against the government of their own country, or against authority 起义者;暴动者;叛乱者SYN rebel
communist insurgents
共产党起义者
—insurgentadjectiveadj
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insurgent• His organization became a model for futureinsurgents.• The government reported that it had subsequently killed 80 Hutu insurgents in a series of raids.• He blamed Hutu insurgents from Gisenyi for some of the violence.• U.S. officials are disingenuous when they say they are fighting drugs, not insurgents.• At one point, the insurgents even approached the new Francophile capital of Beirut.
Origininsurgent
(1700-1800)Latin present participle of insurgere“to rise up”, from surgere“to rise”