单词 | militant |
释义 | militant (once / 607 pages) adjn A militant is someone who is engaged in a war or who acts aggressively for their cause. If you are militant in your beliefs, you do not question them anymore than a soldier questions his orders. In the context of undeclared or guerrilla warfare, enemy fighters are often referred to not as soldiers but as militants, because they are not members of a formal army. As an adjective, militant often has a negative feel–-the feminist movement was set back by the far right's depiction of the militant feminist. WORD FAMILYmilitant: militance, militancy, militantly, militants USAGE EXAMPLESMeanwhile, Islamic State militants launched an attack on the main road from Baghdad to Mosul, a key military supply route. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) In Istanbul, twin bombings killed 44 people outside a soccer stadium, in an attack claimed by Kurdish militants. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) A booby-trapped drone launched by Islamic State militants killed two Kurdish Peshmerga fighters and wounded two French soldiers in October near Mosul. Reuters(Jan 02, 2017) 1adj engaged in war Syn belligerent, war-ridden, warring unpeaceful not peaceful 2adj disposed to warfare or hard-line policies militant nations Syn hawkish, warlike unpeaceful not peaceful 3adj showing a fighting disposition militant in fighting for better wages for workers Syn competitive aggressive having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends 4n a militant reformer Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper activist Malcolm Little militant civil rights leader (1925-1965) Elijah Muhammadleader of Black Muslims who campaigned for independence for Black Americans (1897-1975) Black Muslim an activist member of a largely American group of Blacks called the Nation of Islam Black Panthera member of the Black Panthers political party crusader, meliorist, reformer, reformist, social reformer a disputant who advocates reform |
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