单词 | insurgency |
释义 | insurgency From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishinsurgencyin‧sur‧gen‧cy /ɪnˈsɜːdʒənsi $ -ɜːr-/ noun (plural insurgencies) [countable, uncountable] formalan attempt by a group of people to take control of their government using force and violence SYN rebellion, → counterinsurgencyExamples from the Corpusinsurgency• Land mines are popular among armies and insurgencies because they are cheap to buy but expensive to clear.• But the final results placed him second and suggested that the Buchanan insurgency was ebbing.• Maybe what they were planning would count as some kind of insurgency, treason perhaps?• A communist group is waging a 21-year insurgency against the national government. |
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