rebellion

[REBELLION]

英 [rɪ'beljən] 美 [rɪ'beljən]

n.叛乱；反抗

◉词源

“Rebellion”源自拉丁语“rebellio”，意为“反抗”或“叛乱”，由“re-”（相反）和“bellare”（战斗，源自“bellum”，战争）组成。14世纪经古法语“rebellion”进入英语，指对权威的抗争或起义。演变路径：拉丁语 rebellio → 古法语 rebellion → 中古英语 rebellion（约14世纪）。

◉外刊例句

·The Guardian, May 2023

The rebellion challenged the regime.

叛乱挑战了政权。

·The New York Times, July 2024

Youth rebellion fueled the protests.

青年反叛推动了抗议活动。

·BBC News, August 2025

Economic hardship sparked a rebellion.

经济困难引发了一场叛乱。

◉经典名著

·William Shakespeare, Macbeth (1606)

Rebellion stirred in the kingdom.

王国内部掀起了叛乱。

·Mary Shelley, Frankenstein (1818)

His creation sparked a rebellion within.

他的创造引发了内心的反叛。

·George Orwell, 1984 (1949)

Secret rebellion defied the state.

秘密的反叛挑战了国家。

◉Usage Examples

(1) The rebellion was soon stamped on by the army.

(2) The rebellion was crushed by government forces.

(3) The government has just put down a rebellion.

(4) The people would rise in open rebellion if oppressed by a monarchy.

(5) The slaves rose in rebellion against their masters.

(1) 军队很快平息了叛乱。

(2) 政府军已把叛乱镇压下去。

(3) 这个国家刚刚镇压了一场叛乱。

(4) 如果遭到君主制的压迫，人民就会起来反抗。

(5) 奴隶们起来反抗压迫他们的主人。

◉Usage Notes

A rebellion is when you rise up and fight those in power, usually on a large scale. In "Star Wars," the good guys fighting the powerful, evil empire were known as the rebellion.

If you know that a rebel is someone who fights authority, then you won’t be surprised that a rebellion is something similar. Rebellions can be wars, particularly wars for independence from the ruling government, but many rebellions never come to armed conflict. Most of the time they're wars of words, or even just small-scale rule-breaking that is supposed to make a larger point. Students might wear shorts to school, for example, as a rebellion against the dress code.

◉柯林斯词典

1. [N-VAR 可变名词]谋反；叛乱；反叛 A rebellion is a violent organized action by a large group of people who are trying to change their country's political system.

① The British soon put down the rebellion.

英国人很快平息了叛乱。

② ...the ruthless and brutal suppression of rebellion.

对谋反无情、残酷的镇压

2. [N-VAR 可变名词]内讧；（来自政党内部的）反抗 A situation in which politicians show their opposition to their own party's policies can be referred to as a rebellion .

There was a Labour rebellion when some left-wing MPs voted against the Chancellor's tax cuts...

工党内部发生内讧，一些左翼国会议员对财政大臣提出的减税政策投了反对票。