insurgent: [18] An insurgent is etymologically someone who ‘rises up’. The word comes from the Latin verb insurgere, which was formed from in- in the sense ‘against’ and surgere ‘rise’ (source of English surge and source). An insurgent is hence fairly straightforwardly a rebel, someone taking part in an uprising, a belligerent who is not part of an officially recognized fighting force.
Choice of vocabulary in this area tends to be controversial, however, and the use of insurgent to denote Iraqi irredentists after the Coalition invasion of 2003 was widely criticized – partly, perhaps, from the misconception that they were being characterized as ‘surging in’ from outside the country. The longer established insurrection [15], from the same ultimate source, is much less liable to such misunderstanding. => resource, resurrection, source, surge
insurgent (n.)
"one who rises in revolt," 1765, from Latin insurgentem (nominative insurgens), present participle of insurgere "rise up, rise against, revolt," from in- "against," or perhaps merely intensive, + surgere "to rise" (see surge). An obsolete verb insurge "to rise in opposition or insurrection" is attested from 1530s.
实用例句
1. Insurgent forces were reported advancing in the region.
据报道,起义军在这个地区正向前推进.
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2. The insurgent mob assembled at the gate of the city park.
叛变的暴徒聚在市立公园的门口.
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3. Recent insurgent attacks are likely to make banks even more reticent.
近来的叛乱攻击使银行更不轻易贷款.
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4. Faruk says they are threatened both by insurgent and government forces.
法鲁克说,他们受到暴乱分子和政府军队的双重威胁.
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5. General Washington led the insurgent forces in the Revolutionary War.
