单词 | guerrilla |
释义 | guerrillaguer‧ril‧la /ɡəˈrɪlə/ ●○○ noun [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINguerrilla ExamplesOrigin: 1800-1900 Spanish guerra ‘war’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorsomeone who takes part in a rebellion► rebel Collocations · The rebels attacked an airfield, exchanging fire with Russian troops.· A large number of rebels escaped to the east as the army closed in on Jaffra. ► revolutionary someone who takes part in or supports an attempt to change the government by using violence: · Having taken control of the capital city, the revolutionaries proceeded to form a new government.· Garcia Gutierrez wrote two plays with revolutionaries as their heroes. ► guerrilla someone who fights in an unofficial military group, trying to remove their country's existing government, especially by making surprise military attacks: · The guerrillas began their assault on March 8th.· Red Cross officials condemned the treatment that imprisoned guerrillas have received.· Four Western tourists held by armed guerrillas in Kashmir began their seventh month in captivity today. ► freedom fighter someone who is fighting to try to remove their country's existing government - use this if you think that this is the right thing to do: · Ralph Fiennes plays an idealistic freedom fighter.· Young enthusiasts drove across the border to join the freedom fighters who had appealed to the world for help. WORD SETS► Bombs & Terrorismcar bomb, noundefuse, verbdevice, noundisarm, verbexplosion, nounexplosive, nounfuse, nounguerrilla, noungunman, noungunpowder, noungun-running, nounletter bomb, nounmine, nounmine, verbminefield, nounMolotov cocktail, nounparamilitary, adjectivepetrol bomb, nounSemtex, nounterror, nounterrorism, nounterrorist, nountime bomb, noun COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► guerrilla war/warfare a member of a small unofficial military group that fights in small groupsguerrilla war/warfare American troops found themselves fighting a guerrilla war. left-wing guerrillas American troops found themselves fighting a guerrilla war. COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a guerrilla raid (=a raid by a small unofficial military group)· From their base in the rainforest they staged guerilla raids on Nicaragua. ► a guerrilla war (=involving a small unofficial military group)· The nine-year guerrilla war has ended at last. ► guerrilla warfare (=involving a small unofficial military group)· Sporadic fighting turned into full-scale guerrilla warfare. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► activity· At present guerrilla activity was reported in Kyongji province, north and south Chungchong provinces and on the island of Cheju.· He is believed to have perished fairly early in the prolonged series of guerrilla activities he inaugurated against Rome.· At the moment of writing in early 1991, Kumana, Gol-Oya and Wilpattu are no-go areas owing to guerrilla activity.· At the same time limited continuation of guerrilla activity would continue indefinitely.· In real life the distinction between sheer brigandage and patriotic guerrilla activities was often blurred.· By their guerrilla activities they hoped to generate a revolt against Rome, thereby hastening the coming of the Kingdom.· Over 100 of those killed were paramilitary gendarmes who were stationed in the area to counter Kurdish guerrilla activity. ► attack· He said that guerrilla attacks would henceforth be directed at military targets, state companies and economic installations among others. ► fighter· At midday six guerrilla fighters arrive to help them from a military base near to their village. ► forces· Navarro's participation also marginalized the remaining left-wing guerrilla forces, who reportedly impeded voting in some towns.· The rest of the family decided to join the guerrilla forces. ► group· All the Kashmiri guerrilla groups denied any involvement in the assassination, and many blamed the government security forces.· In each guerrilla group you need a nucleus of men who know, understand and trust Masud.· The prosecution contended that Rashid had been chief lieutenant to Abu Ibrahim, leader of the May 15 guerrilla group.· This once pleasant city of 1.5m people is now divided into a patchwork of small fiefs controlled by rival guerrilla groups. ► leader· Television stations would be expected to broadcast photographs of guerrilla leaders with offers of rewards for information.· Death of guerrilla leader Jacobo Arenas died of a heart attack on Aug. 10 at the age of 74. ► movement· Rhee and his followers had tried to liquidate the guerrilla movement in the south but had failed.· The democratic approach inherent in the guerrilla movement would triumph ultimately.· Warouw blamed the left-wing nationalist guerrilla movement Fretilín for the incident, and promised an investigation.· He was later released through Romero's efforts, at which point he joined a guerrilla movement and was killed in combat. ► war· In Parliament there was non-cooperation that became almost a guerrilla war between the parties.· In early 1990 the guerrilla war intensified, with rising casualties among both the local population and the security forces.· At other times, they waged an incessant guerrilla war, attacking isolated Roman garrisons, ambushing caravans, cutting supply routes.· I see now that these were just the first skirmishes in a never-ending guerrilla war. ► warfare· Their strategy seems to be widespread but low- level guerrilla warfare to discredit and destabilise the Phnom Penh government.· He has studied the art of guerrilla warfare, he's read Mao.· Detailed plans for Operation Mayibuye, an outline for guerrilla warfare and foreign intervention, were revealed.· They also collected some weapons recovered from parishioners and - more important in this mounted guerrilla warfare - they collected several saddles.· The enemy cunningly avoided direct confrontation and concentrated on guerrilla warfare. |
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