| 单词 | civil war |
| 释义 | > as lemmascivil war civil war n. war between the citizens or inhabitants of a single country, state, or community; an instance of this; (also figurative); cf. sense A. 1.Frequently with the and capital initials, with reference to a particular conflict: see American, English, Spanish Civil War at first element. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > war > types of war > [noun] > civil war civil wara1533 neighbourhood war1887 society > armed hostility > war > types of war > [noun] > civil war > specific civil war1712 the troubles1786 English Civil War1794 Wars of the Roses1809 the late unpleasantness1866 War between the States1867 Spanish Civil War1936 Spanish War1937 a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) vi. l. 2332 (MED) Thes werris that callid wer cyuile.] a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1537) sig. B The ebuliyion and mouynge of ciuill warres were cause of the dymynysshynge of the aunciente Polycie of Rome. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan 390 Sidney Godolphin, who..was unfortunately slain in the..late Civill warre. 1712 E. Budgell Spectator No. 313. ¶16 The Civil War broke out..one of them followed the Parliament, the other the Royal Party. a1832 J. Mackintosh Hist. Revol. Eng. (1834) i. 10 Their sufferings in the royal cause during the civil war. 1941 W. J. Cash Mind of South ii. i. 103 The Civil War and Reconstruction represent..an attempt on the part of the Yankee to achieve by force what he had failed to achieve by political means. 1985 New Statesman 27 Sept. 4/2 Any senior Labour politician who experienced at first hand the bitter civil war within the party after 1979 can be forgiven for putting a high price on the preservation of unity. 2006 J. Treglown in Granta Summer 77 Although the Spain of the 1920s had yet to experience civil war and the Franquista tyranny, it was already ruled by a military dictator. < as lemmas |
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