revanchist

n. 复仇主义者

发音

UK /ɹɪˈvæn(t)ʃɪst/
US /ɹəˈvɑnt͡ʃɪst/

词形变化

revanchists 复数 revanchists

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A revanchist person; occasionally, anyone seeking vengeance.

    复仇主义者

adj.
  1. 1.

    Seeking revenge or otherwise advocating retaliation, especially against a nation which has previously defeated and humiliated the revanchist party in war. Originally referred to the French indignation over losing Alsace-Lorraine to Germany in the Franco-Prussian War.

    As execrable as the Supreme Court’s decisions have been, they are of a piece with the conservative rulings from lower court judges who see no issue with laundering a revanchist policy agenda through contorted rulings.

词源

From French revanchiste, from revanche (“revenge”) + -ist.

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