1[intransitiveI]PPGPM if people revolt, they take strong and often violent action against the government, usually with the aim of taking power away from them 反叛,叛乱;造反,起义SYN rebel, → revolution
revolt against
It was feared that the army would revolt against the government.
有人担心军队会挥戈反对政府。
2[intransitiveI]DISOBEY to refuse to accept someone’s authority or obey rules or laws 反抗,拒绝服从〔权威、规定或法律〕SYN rebel
revolt against
Some members of the government may revolt against this proposed legislation.
一些政府成员可能会反对这项拟议中的法规。
3[transitiveT]DISGUSTING if something revolts you, it is so unpleasant that it makes you feel sick and shocked 使作呕;使反感;使震惊 → revulsion
He was revolted by the smell.
那气味让他恶心。
nGrammar
Revolt is usually passive in this meaning.
Examples from the Corpus
revolt• I think the hugescalemassacre of pheasants is revolting.• When Napoleon won control of the region and attached it to Bavaria, the Tiroleans revolted.• Newsreached the capital that two garrisons in the south had revolted against the government.• However, ordinary people are beginning to revolt against this.• Some of the Arab tribes were persuaded to revolt against Turkish rule.• The communityrevolted at the proposal to move the bank downtown.• It may have been revolting but the effect was wonderful.• I revolted by becoming a Sensitive person, which I am not.• Unless they are sadists, military pros are revolted by that.• I opened the door and was instantly revolted by the smell.• I don't wear fur, I was so revolted by what I saw at a foxfarm once.• Sadly, she never carries cash, so any hope of seeing her choose something unusually revolting for daughter-in-law Fergie soon faded.• He kissed her full on the lips in a way that revolted her.• If the army revolted or went over to the opposition, all was lost.• Such a scene does seem too revolting to record.
Originrevolt2
(1500-1600)Frenchrévolter, from Old Italianrivoltare“to defeat and remove from power”, from Latinrevolvere; → REVOLVE
ADJECTIVE | VERB + REVOLT | REVOLT + VERB | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤mass, popular, serious, widespread (especially BrE) 群眾暴動;民眾造反;嚴重的叛亂;普遍反對◇There was a widespread revolt against the party leadership.該黨領導層遭到普遍反對。➤open公開反對◇Parliament came out in open revolt against the president.議會公開宣佈反對總統。➤armed武裝暴動▸➤peasant, peasant's, shareholder's, slave, student, etc.農民暴動、股東的反抗、奴隸暴動、學生的反抗等➤tax抗稅VERB + REVOLT➤cause, provoke, spark引起/挑起/激起反抗▸➤lead領導起義◇a student-led revolt學生領導的起義➤organize, stage組織/發動起義▸➤crush, deal with, put down, suppress鎮壓叛亂;應對叛亂;平息叛亂◇The revolt was suppressed with total ruthlessness.這次起義被極端殘忍地鎮壓了。➤face面對叛亂◇The party leadership is facing open revolt.該黨的領導正遭到公開的反抗。REVOLT + VERB➤break out暴亂發生◇Revolt broke out when the government decided to raise the price of bread.政府決定提高麪包價格,於是發生了暴亂。➤spread叛亂蔓延▸➤overthrow sb/sth叛亂推翻⋯◇The regime was finally overthrown by a popular revolt.該政權最終被群眾暴動推翻了。PREPOSITION➤in revolt起義◇The farmers rose in revolt.農民揭竿而起。➤revolt against反抗⋯◇the revolt against the new tax對新稅的反抗➤revolt by⋯的反抗◇a revolt by backbenchers (BrE) 後座議員的反抗➤revolt over對⋯的反抗◇the farmers' revolt over imported meat農民對進口肉類的抗議➤revolt within⋯內的叛亂◇revolt within the party黨內叛亂