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单词 rallying
释义

rallying

noun

ral·​ly·​ing ˈra-lē-iŋ How to pronounce rallying (audio)
: the sport of driving in automobile rallies

Synonyms

  • marshaling
  • marshalling
  • mobilization
  • rally
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Example Sentences

the rallying of students to support our petition for better bus service was made a lot easier by this morning's subzero temperatures
Recent Examples on the Web But the innocent mix-up was soon repackaged as an irony-laden rallying call for the right, a dog whistle for the conservative community, and a funny-but-serious way to stick it to Biden without actually sticking it to Biden. Brigid Kennedy, The Week, 19 Aug. 2022 Witness testimony identified the message as a rallying call for Trump's supporters to fight for his presidency. Tamia Fowlkes, Journal Sentinel, 21 July 2022 Those votes will be vital in passing the law and depend on the bill’s explicit protections against discriminatory content moderation, a popular conservative rallying point right now. Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 8 Aug. 2022 China’s outpouring of propaganda surrounding the drills, and an accompanying surge in nationalist sentiment, may be a welcome rallying point for Mr. Xi, the Communist Party leader. New York Times, 3 Aug. 2022 The Republican governor, who has positioned herself for a 2021 White House bid, has used the fireworks celebration as a political rallying point. Kristi Noem, Fox News, 27 July 2022 Audi Motorsport was established in 1978, initially for the purpose of rallying. Car and Driver, 16 July 2022 But still, there is no political rallying point and apparently Iran is not at a tipping point. Amy Kellogg, Fox News, 11 July 2022 The case became a rallying point for abolitionists, who hired a former Connecticut governor Roger Sherman Baldwin and a former president John Quincy Adams to successfully argue on behalf of the Amistad passengers. Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 10 June 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1957, in the meaning defined above

rallying 1 of 4

adjective

as in joking
marked by or expressive of mild or good-natured teasing he took his friends' rallying remarks about his girlfriend good-naturedly

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • joking
  • mocking
  • bantering
  • fooling
  • ridiculing
  • sarcastic
  • razzing
  • kidding
  • ribbing
  • quizzical
  • taunting
  • jesting
  • jeering
  • funning
  • chaffing
  • deriding
  • baiting
  • heckling
  • bandying
  • joshing
  • hassling
  • derisive
  • needling
  • quipping
  • scornful
  • contemptuous
  • derisory
  • disdainful

rallying

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noun

as in mobilization
an act of gathering forces together to renew or attempt an effort the rallying of students to support our petition for better bus service was made a lot easier by this morning's subzero temperatures

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • mobilization
  • rally
  • marshaling
  • marshalling
  • call to arms
  • summons
  • mustering
  • convening
  • call
  • convocation
  • muster
  • call-up

rallying

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verb (1)

present participle of rally
1
as in mobilizing
to assemble and make ready for action rallied the Red Cross workers to deal with the devastating earthquake

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • mobilizing
  • organizing
  • marshaling
  • marshalling
  • summoning
  • mustering
  • arranging
  • ordering
  • activating
  • grouping
  • convening
  • collecting
  • lining up
  • rounding up
  • calling (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • disrupting
  • dismissing
  • demobilizing
  • disturbing
  • demobbing
  • disorganizing
  • disordering
  • dissolving
  • disarranging
  • disbanding
  • deactivating
  • splitting (up)
  • breaking up
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as in recovering
to become healthy and strong again after illness or weakness despite the best care that medicine could provide, the elderly woman never really rallied from her fractured hip

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • recovering
  • improving
  • healing
  • gaining
  • recouping
  • recuperating
  • convalescing
  • reviving
  • coming back
  • snapping back
  • pulling round
  • surviving
  • recruiting
  • mending
  • coming to
  • coming around
  • coming round
  • pulling through
  • picking up
  • cheering (up)
  • perking (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • collapsing
  • ailing
  • declining
  • failing
  • sickening
  • weakening
  • deteriorating
  • sinking
  • fading
  • languishing
  • worsening
  • wilting
  • degenerating
  • wasting (away)
  • withering
  • coming down
  • regressing
  • relapsing
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as in rebounding
to regain a former or normal state after wavering a moment on the balance beam, she quickly rallied and finished with a fine dismount

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • rebounding
  • recovering
  • reviving
  • staging a comeback
  • making a comeback
  • revitalizing
  • snapping back
  • coming back
  • reanimating
  • bouncing (back)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • declining
  • failing
  • worsening

rallying

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verb (2)

present participle of rally
as in teasing
to make fun of in a good-natured way his friends rallied him for missing an easy putt

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • teasing
  • kidding
  • joking
  • razzing
  • riding
  • roasting
  • ribbing
  • bantering
  • chaffing
  • jiving
  • goofing on
  • joshing
  • funning
  • fooling
  • taking the mickey out of
  • jollying
  • wisecracking
  • stringing along
  • yukking
  • jesting
  • japing
  • quipping
  • yucking
  • gagging
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