| 单词 | terrorist |
| 释义 | terrorist (once / 562 pages) n Someone who uses violence, mayhem, and destruction — or the threat of those things — to coerce people or countries into taking a certain action is a terrorist. A terrorist may be motivated by religious fervor, politics, or just plain old-fashioned greed. Terrorist has at its root the word "terror," which comes from the Latin word terrorem, meaning great fear. Great fear is exactly what terrorists hope to create so they can manipulate the situation to their benefit. The label terrorist is a subjective one. To the British, the American colonists who destroyed shiploads of tea in Boston Harbor in 1773 were terrorists. To colonists, they were patriots and heroes. WORD FAMILYterrorist: terrorists+/terrified: terrifiedly/terrify: terrified, terrifies, terrifying/terrifying: terrifyingly/terror: counterterror, terrify, terrorise, terrorism, terrorize, terrors/terrorise: terrorisation, terrorised, terrorises, terrorising/terrorism: terrorist/terrorize: terrorization, terrorized, terrorizes, terrorizing USAGE EXAMPLESPalestinian leaders are “naming public squares, streets and schools after terrorists.” Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) In all there were several dozen serious terrorist attacks in Turkey in 2016, often targeting the police and army but just as often hitting civilians. The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017) So she tipped off the terrorists, ensuring everyone died and her secret would never be discovered. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) n a radical who employs terror as a political weapon; usually organizes with other terrorists in small cells; often uses religion as a cover for terrorist activities Exp|Hypo|Hyper Osama bin Laden Arab terrorist who established al-Qaeda (born in 1957) Jaffar Umar ThalibIndonesian terrorist and Islamic militant who commands the Laskar Jihad; uses violence to achieve political ends (1965-2000) Ilich Ramirez SanchezVenezuelan master terrorist raised by a Marxist-Leninist father; trained and worked with many terrorist groups (born in 1949) cyber-terrorist, cyberpunk, hacker a programmer who breaks into computer systems in order to steal or change or destroy information as a form of cyber-terrorism Jacobina member of the radical movement that instituted the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution sleepera spy or saboteur or terrorist planted in an enemy country who lives there as a law-abiding citizen until activated by a prearranged signal suicide bombera terrorist who blows himself up in order to kill or injure other people kamikazea pilot trained and willing to cause a suicidal crash radical a person who has radical ideas or opinions |
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