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单词 Sandinista
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Definition of Sandinista in English:

Sandinista

noun ˌsandɪˈniːstəˌsandəˈnēstə
  • A member of a left-wing Nicaraguan political organization, the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN), which came to power in 1979 after overthrowing the dictator Anastasio Somoza. Opposed during most of their period of rule by the US-backed Contras, the Sandinistas were voted out of office in 1990.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In July 1979, the Nicaraguan Revolution overthrew the dictator Somoza and replaced the dynasty with the Sandinistas.
    • If you hear the word Nicaragua and think Sandinistas and Contras, you're nearly two decades behind the times.
    • Shortly after the revolution, Nicaraguan exiles living in America who were politically opposed to the Sandinistas organized an anti-Sandinista guerrilla army that had its base in Miami and Honduras.
    • This, in turn, helped drive the Sandinistas from power in 1990.
    • In Nicaragua, the Sandinistas had overthrown the US-backed Somosa dictatorship and had gone on to consolidate their power by winning an election.
    • The Sandinistas never had the power to march into Texas.
    • The left-wing Sandinistas, after overthrowing a U.S.-backed, right-wing dictatorship years ago, actually held elections.
    • The Berlin Wall had come down, the Sandinistas had lost power in Nicaragua.
    • Police, army, and Sandinistas killed former Contras, and northern Contra bands committed similar acts, often because of land disputes.
    • In Nicaragua, where the Sandinistas toppled the US-backed Somoza regime by force, three priests became ministers.
    • Taiwanese presence is the strongest in Nicaragua, where relations have traditionally been strong, with the exception of the 1979-1990 period when the leftist Sandinistas were in power.
    • In Nicaragua, when the Sandinistas overthrew the Somoza dictatorship in 1978, the U.S. government immediately became involved.
    • The cocaine trade in Central America flourished when the US administration was backing the Contras to fight the Sandinistas in Nicaragua.
    • In June, the Sandinistas finally succeeded in overthrowing the corrupt, brutal Somoza dictatorship.
    • When the Sandinistas gained power, they seized the property of the Somoza family and instituted the Agrarian Reform Law, transferring land to peasant families and squatters on lands.
    • The Sandinistas had just been voted out of office but were still a very powerful and unified political force.
    • When we supported the Contras against the Sandinista dictatorship, we took the opposite position and, according to the Left, we were wrong again.
    • At first he balanced his critique of the Sandinistas with criticisms of the U.S.-backed contra rebels.
    • The limits to ‘solidarity’ grew more evident still when the Sandinistas were voted out of power: disapproval turned to utter disinterest and abandonment.
    • When Nicaragua's dictatorship was overthrown by the popular Sandinistas, a communist regime was successfully put in place.

Origin

Named after a similar organization founded by the nationalist leader Augusto César Sandino (1893–1934).

Rhymes

assister, ballista, bistre (US bister), blister, enlister, glister, lister, mister, resistor, sister, transistor, tryster, twister, vista
 
 

Definition of Sandinista in US English:

Sandinista

nounˌsandəˈnēstə
  • A member of a left-wing Nicaraguan political organization, the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN), which came to power in 1979 after overthrowing the dictator Anastasio Somoza. Opposed during most of their period of rule by the US-backed Contras, the Sandinistas were voted out of office in 1990.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • When we supported the Contras against the Sandinista dictatorship, we took the opposite position and, according to the Left, we were wrong again.
    • When the Sandinistas gained power, they seized the property of the Somoza family and instituted the Agrarian Reform Law, transferring land to peasant families and squatters on lands.
    • This, in turn, helped drive the Sandinistas from power in 1990.
    • Taiwanese presence is the strongest in Nicaragua, where relations have traditionally been strong, with the exception of the 1979-1990 period when the leftist Sandinistas were in power.
    • In June, the Sandinistas finally succeeded in overthrowing the corrupt, brutal Somoza dictatorship.
    • In Nicaragua, where the Sandinistas toppled the US-backed Somoza regime by force, three priests became ministers.
    • The Sandinistas had just been voted out of office but were still a very powerful and unified political force.
    • Shortly after the revolution, Nicaraguan exiles living in America who were politically opposed to the Sandinistas organized an anti-Sandinista guerrilla army that had its base in Miami and Honduras.
    • When Nicaragua's dictatorship was overthrown by the popular Sandinistas, a communist regime was successfully put in place.
    • The Berlin Wall had come down, the Sandinistas had lost power in Nicaragua.
    • If you hear the word Nicaragua and think Sandinistas and Contras, you're nearly two decades behind the times.
    • In July 1979, the Nicaraguan Revolution overthrew the dictator Somoza and replaced the dynasty with the Sandinistas.
    • At first he balanced his critique of the Sandinistas with criticisms of the U.S.-backed contra rebels.
    • Police, army, and Sandinistas killed former Contras, and northern Contra bands committed similar acts, often because of land disputes.
    • In Nicaragua, the Sandinistas had overthrown the US-backed Somosa dictatorship and had gone on to consolidate their power by winning an election.
    • In Nicaragua, when the Sandinistas overthrew the Somoza dictatorship in 1978, the U.S. government immediately became involved.
    • The limits to ‘solidarity’ grew more evident still when the Sandinistas were voted out of power: disapproval turned to utter disinterest and abandonment.
    • The Sandinistas never had the power to march into Texas.
    • The left-wing Sandinistas, after overthrowing a U.S.-backed, right-wing dictatorship years ago, actually held elections.
    • The cocaine trade in Central America flourished when the US administration was backing the Contras to fight the Sandinistas in Nicaragua.

Origin

Named after a similar organization founded by the nationalist leader Augusto César Sandino (1893–1934).

 
 
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