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单词 demonstrator
释义
demonstratordem‧on‧stra‧tor /ˈdemənstreɪtə $ -ər/ ●○○ AWL noun [countable] Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Thirteen demonstrators were killed when soldiers opened fire on the crowd.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • By the end of July, 23 demonstrators had been killed and several wounded by security forces.
  • Club activities centre on monthly meetings, an information service and the production of application demonstrators.
  • Fortunately, the 75 demonstrators in front of the country club were colorful.
  • Mary and Reggie came in, smiling, and glowing with that special look of the successful demonstrator.
  • Right-wing groups fired on left-wing demonstrators.
  • Some 157 demonstrators were subsequently convicted of a range of offences and were sentenced to up to 20 years' imprisonment.
  • Troops entered the hotel and arrested an estimated 1,500 demonstrators, many of whom were beaten before being taken away.
  • We expected the march in the District to be huge, with hundreds of thousands of demonstrators attending.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorsomeone who is against war
someone who believes that all war and violence is wrong: · Bergson was imprisoned as a pacifist during the World War I.
strongly against war, especially a war that your country is fighting at the present time: anti-war protest/demonstration/campaigner: · During the Gulf War, there were several big anti-war demonstrations.· Anti-war feeling grew stronger in the US as the Vietnam conflict went on.
a group of people or countries that are peace-loving believe strongly in peace rather than war: · The Australian Aboriginals are a peace-loving race who live simply off the land.· As a nation, they are gentle and peace-loving.
all the people who protest against wars in general or against a particular war: · He was a tireless campaigner for the peace movement during the cold war.· The peace movement held a massive rally in Hyde Park today.
someone who joins in an organized protest against a war: · Peace protesters broke into the Administration building and occupied it for six days.· Some 40,000 peace demonstrators gathered in Bonn yesterday to protest agains the bombing.
someone who takes part in a public protest
someone who protests about something with other people: · Thousands of protesters took to the streets to show their anger at the government.
someone who takes part in an organized event, such as a march or an outdoor meeting, to protest about something: · Thirteen demonstrators were killed when soldiers opened fire on the crowd.
someone who takes part in an organized walk through an area in order to protest against something: · The Rev. Jesse Jackson led 1000 marchers through downtown Detroit to protest state welfare cuts.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· When Vice-President Nixon toured the area in 1958 he was pelted with rotten eggs and jostled by angry demonstrators.· Similar protests were held in other towns, where the party and regional authority's headquarters were besieged by angry demonstrators.
· This has caused some concern as peaceful demonstrators may be prevented from marching because of the threat posed by a potentially disruptive counter-demonstration.· The violence against peaceful demonstrators by police was downplayed, while violence against police was played up.
NOUN
· Some 592 people had been injured in the police attack on student demonstrators, which precipitated the November revolution.· The catalyst for the demonstrations was the beating to death of a student demonstrator by riot police.· The incident also appeared to provide a pretext for the government to institute harsher measures against the student demonstrators.
VERB
· Troops entered the hotel and arrested an estimated 1,500 demonstrators, many of whom were beaten before being taken away.
· Other sources claimed that 10 members of the ruling Ba'ath party had also been killed by the demonstrators.
· The army has since been ordered to shoot demonstrators on sight.
· Tear-gas was used against the demonstrators, a few were arrested, and tourists were ordered to stay in their hotels.· Outside the group's headquarters, police and soldiers used tear gas against demonstrators.· In some places army reserves were called out to protect public property, and in Manchester high-pressure water-hoses were used against demonstrators.· He asserted the mere threat of using troops to support demonstrators was the same as using troops.· There had been widespread fears of police violence, and water cannon had already been used against demonstrators on Saturday.· She settled on a five-passenger model that Lockheed was using as a demonstrator in the East.
Word family
WORD FAMILYnoundemonstrationdemonstratoradjectivedemonstrabledemonstrativeadverbdemonstrablydemonstrativelyverbdemonstrate
1someone who takes part in a demonstration:  anti-war demonstrators2someone who shows people how to do something or how something works
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