单词 | demonstrator |
释义 | demonstratordem‧on‧stra‧tor /ˈdemənstreɪtə $ -ər/ ●○○ AWL noun [countable] Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorsomeone who is against war► pacifist Collocations someone who believes that all war and violence is wrong: · Bergson was imprisoned as a pacifist during the World War I. ► anti-war 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. ► peace-loving 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. ► peace movement 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. ► peace protester/demonstrator 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► protester someone who protests about something with other people: · Thousands of protesters took to the streets to show their anger at the government. ► demonstrator 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. ► marcher 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 FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► angry Word family· 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. ► peaceful· 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► student· 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► arrest· Troops entered the hotel and arrested an estimated 1,500 demonstrators, many of whom were beaten before being taken away. ► kill· Other sources claimed that 10 members of the ruling Ba'ath party had also been killed by the demonstrators. ► shoot· The army has since been ordered to shoot demonstrators on sight. ► use· 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 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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