单词	rebel
释义	rebel1 nounrebel2 verb rebelreb‧el1 /ˈrebəl/ ●●○ noun [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINrebel1 Origin: 1300-1400 rebel ‘rebellious’ (13-21 centuries), from Old French rebelle, from Latin, from bellum ‘war’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES rebel soldiers A large number of rebels escaped to the east as the army closed in on Jaffra. a teenage rebel Anti-government rebels have seized the radio station. In his black leather jacket and chains he looked every inch the young rebel. She was a rebel, who horrified her family by rejecting a promising career in law to become an actor. The rebels attacked an airfield, exchanging fire with Russian troops. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Or inside the fences with the rebels? That extreme, impolitic candor was one of the characteristics that made Rice a perfect rebel and a considerably less perfect leader. The rebel cavalry were on the left of the second line. The house churches are not natural rebels, and only want to be left alone. This not only altered the strategic military balance in favour of the rebels, it also gave them an important psychological boost. This was construed by some to mean that the rebels were planning attacks against these facilities. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorsomeone who refuses to obey people, rules, laws etc► disobedient someone, especially a child, who is disobedient does not do what he or she is told to do by a parent, teacher etc: · Lee stood before her like a disobedient schoolboy.· She said that if we were disobedient she would send us home immediately. ► defiant not obeying people in authority and showing that you have no respect for them: · Her reply was clear and defiant.· Defiant party members openly challenged the leadership.defiant of somebody/something: · Demonstrators became increasingly defiant of police controls. ► rebellious someone, especially a young person, who is rebellious deliberately disobeys people in authority such as their parents or teachers: · Such extremist groups may well attract rebellious teenagers.· Maria was headstrong and rebellious. ► rebel someone, especially a young person, who behaves in a completely different way from the way people are expected to behave by society and by people in authority: · In his black leather jacket and chains he looked every inch the young rebel.· She was a rebel, who horrified her family by rejecting a promising career in law to become an actor. someone who takes part in a rebellion► rebel · 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► Groupings agitate, verbagitation, nounagitator, nounbipartisan, adjectivebipartite, adjectivebloc, nounBolshevik, nouncapitalism, nouncentrist, adjectivecoalition, nouncommie, nouncommunism, nouncommunist, nouncommunist, adjectiveCon, confederacy, nounconfederate, nounconfederation, nouncongress, nounconservatism, nounDem., disloyal, adjectivedissident, noundivide, verbdivisive, adjectivefascism, nounfascist, nounfederal, adjectivefederate, verbfederation, nounfront, nounginger group, nounhegemony, nounheterodox, adjectiveIndependent, nouninfighting, nouninterest group, nounIRA, nounIron Curtain, the, Lab, Labour, nounleftie, nounleftist, adjectiveleft-of-centre, adjectiveleft-wing, adjectivelefty, nounLib Dem, nounLiberal, nounLiberal Democrats, nounLiberal Party, loyalist, nounLuddite, nounmachine, nounmajority leader, nounminority leader, nounmoderate, adjectivemoderate, nounmonarchist, nounmovement, nounnationalism, nounnationalist, adjectivenationalist, nounNazi, nounneutral, adjectivenon-partisan, adjectivepalace revolution, nounparamilitary, adjectivepartisan, adjectivepartisan, nounparty, nounparty political, adjectiveparty politics, nounpinko, nounpro-, prefixpro-choice, adjectiveR, rabble-rousing, nounradical, nounrally, nounreactionary, adjectiverealign, verbrebel, nounrebellion, nounrebellious, adjectivered, adjectivered, nounrepublican, nounrevolt, nounrevolt, verbrevolutionary, adjectiverevolutionary, nounrightist, adjectiveright-of-centre, adjectiveright-wing, adjectiveroyalist, nounseparatist, nounspecial interest group, nounsplinter group, nounsplit, verbsubcommittee, nounsubversion, nounsuffragette, nounsympathizer, nounsympathy, nountendency, nounTory, nounTrotskyite, nountrue-blue, adjectiveUnionist, nounuprising, nounWhig, nounwing, noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► rebel forces/soldiers COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► rebel forces (=who are fighting against the government)· The village was attacked by rebel forces. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► army · Two neighboring countries and three rebel armies have been fighting since 1998 to depose him.· The war has left the sprawling nation carved up into various regions controlled by the government and rebel armies.· Later, while the rebel army celebrated their victory, Aurangzeb invited Murad Baksh to his tent and there got him drunk.· Locked inside their debating chamber, the Tennessee Senate promptly gave in to the rebel army. ► attack · On 28 December, there was an attempted rebel attack on Buga centre in Kayogoro.· The government said that a rebel attack on the town of Tchoukou-Hadje had left several dead. ► faction · The fragile truce between rival rebel factions in the Solomon Islands came under threat after a third rebel group entered the conflict.· But peace talks stalled, and pro- and anti-rebel factions have clashed repeatedly. ► forces · A problem deserving consideration is how strong the rebel forces actually were.· Krayon's palace has been taken over by rebel forces and we are in the midst of this mix.· As rebel forces loyal to Nabiyev approached the capital, a state of emergency was imposed on Oct. 22.· As many as 200 civilians and an unknown number of military personnel died during heavy fighting between government and rebel forces.· In late autumn Kabul was besieged by rebel forces, and Amanullah was eventually forced to abdicate.· The fighting centred on the Gojam and Gondar regions as rebel forces moved southwards towards the capital.· At least 5,500 people have died during the past decade in fighting between government and rebel forces.· The rebel forces had launched their latest offensive in mid-March with a sustained artillery barrage and ground attack. ► group · The war, which broke out in August 1998, involves a number of foreign countries and several rebel groups.· But rebel groups face familiar problems on the Web.· The 15,000-strong rebel group has participated in peace talks with President Andres Pastrana but has refused to sign a ceasefire.· A Tutsi-led rebel group seized power in July 1994 and halted the slaughter soon afterward.· The Hawiye clan, which dominates the rebel group currently threatening Mr Barre, is not thought to be vengeful.· The larger rebel groups have stopped fighting and there have been halting moves toward national reconciliation. ► leader · Jean-Pierre Bemba, a 36-year-old rebel leader, was airlifted into town to boost morale.· Such a government should include members drawn from the existing parliament, the nonviolent opposition movement and rebel leader Kabila himself.· Politics was no longer just a Kharijite duel between two actors, the imam and the rebel leader.· Fox's strategy is to accept the conditions for talks set by the rebel leader, Subcomandante Marcos.· This led rebel leaders to agree to combine their forces in one division under a unified command structure. ► movement · Indeed, rebel movements prompted international relief workers to evacuate the city Friday, fearing impending violence.· His incompetence was further shown up last year when he failed to exploit the break-up of the rebel movement into three factions.· The rebel movements are almost exclusively tribal - as is the rump of government.· The main rebel movements represent other regions.· The Unita rebel movement claimed responsibility for the attack, saying that the train was carrying munitions and was a legitimate target.· The interim government was not recognized by the major rebel movements.· The Congress is in shaky alliance with four other rebel movements. ► soldier · The men and women I had known as rebel soldiers in the mountains now wore suits.· Three of the rebel soldiers and one government soldier were killed.· The rebel soldiers were imprisoned and taken to Lisbon.· The mutiny ended the following day when government forces regained control of the camp and arrested 45 of the rebel soldiers. 1someone who opposes or fights against people in authority:  Anti-government rebels attacked the town.rebel forces/soldiers the rebel leader2someone who refuses to do things in the normal way, or in the way that other people want them to:  Alex has always been a bit of a rebel. rebel1 nounrebel2 verb rebelre‧bel2 /rɪˈbel/ ●○○ verb (past tense and past participle rebelled, present participle rebelling) [intransitive] Verb Table VERB TABLE rebel Simple Form Present I, you, we, they rebel he, she, it rebels Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they rebelled Present perfect I, you, we, they have rebelled he, she, it has rebelled Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had rebelled Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will rebel Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have rebelled Continuous Form Present I am rebelling he, she, it is rebelling you, we, they are rebelling Past I, he, she, it was rebelling you, we, they were rebelling Present perfect I, you, we, they have been rebelling he, she, it has been rebelling Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been rebelling Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be rebelling Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been rebelling Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Her parents wanted her to go to university, but she rebelled and went to live on a commune. Teenagers tend to rebel against people in authority. The eastern provinces are likely to rebel if they are not given more freedom. The slaves were punished for rebelling against their owners. When the federal government refused this request, the Southern States rebelled. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS And both Sly and Jimi rebelled against the narrow-mindedness in which they grew up. Finally, however, Presley rebelled. No wonder that many grown women rebel against them. The first question concerns the individual, structural, and cultural factors that motivate people to rebel. There was only one thing she could do, though everything within her rebelled against it. Typically, at the time, he is rebelling against his parents, his teachers, and his church. Women are rebelling against domestic drudgery. Young girls like to rebel a little. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorto not obey a person► disobey to not do what you are told to do by someone in authority: · It was unfair of the teacher to make us stay after school, but no one dared disobey.· My father was very strict and old-fashioned, but I never disobeyed him. · Black had disobeyed the judge's ruling, and continued to harass his ex-wife. ► not do as you're told if someone, especially a child, does not do as they are told , they refuse to obey a parent, teacher, etc: · "Daddy, why?" "Don't ask, just do as you're told."· If she doesn't do as she's told, send her to her room. ► defy to deliberately disobey someone in authority, even though you know this will make them angry: · Billy defied his mother, and smoked openly in the house.· She said she would defy the party leader and vote against him. ► go against somebody's wishes to not do what someone has asked you to do, or what you know they want you to do: · They went against their parents' wishes and got married secretly.· Sacha went against her family's wishes by leaving school at 16. ► rebel to deliberately behave in a way that is completely different from the way that your parents and people in general expect you to behave: · Her parents wanted her to go to university, but she rebelled and went to live on a commune.rebel against: · Teenagers tend to rebel against people in authority. to take part in a rebellion► rebel · The eastern provinces are likely to rebel if they are not given more freedom.rebel against · The slaves were punished for rebelling against their owners.· When the federal government refused this request, the Southern States rebelled. ► revolt to take part in an attempt, especially one that continues only for a short time, to change the government using violence: · When Napoleon won control of the region and attached it to Bavaria, the Tiroleans revolted. revolt against: · Some of the Arab tribes were persuaded to revolt against Turkish rule.· News reached the capital that two garrisons in the south had revolted against the government. ► rise up if people rise up , large numbers of them begin violently to oppose their government or other authority, especially without planning to do this: · First, the autoworkers rose up, followed by the steelworkers.· He forecast that the people of Egypt would rise up and overthrow the government.rise up against: · The people of Damascus rose up against their governors.· a proclamation urging the people to rise up against their mastersrise up in revolt/in arms/in rebellion: · The Maya farmers rose up in arms to demand greater democracy and freedom.· The troops would rise up in open rebellion if we tried to make them march any further. ► mutiny if a group in the army or navy mutiny , they try to take power from their officers by refusing to obey their orders and using violence: · At Odessa, the sailors of the Imperial navy mutinied.mutiny against: · Army factions mutinied against orders from Beijing. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► rebel forces (=who are fighting against the government)· The village was attacked by rebel forces. 1to oppose or fight against someone in authority or against an idea or situation which you do not agree withrebel against teenage boys rebelling against their parents2written if your stomach, legs, mind etc rebel, you cannot do or believe something you think you should:  He knew he ought to eat, but his stomach rebelled.
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