terrorism

B2 CET-4 Oxf 5000 FREQ #8070

n. 恐怖主义, 恐怖统治, 恐怖状态 [法] 胁迫, 暴政, 恐怖政治

发音

US /ˈtɛɹəɹɪzəm/

词形变化

terrorisms 复数 terrorisms

释义与例句

n. B2 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    The system of fear and intimidation put into place during the Reign of Terror in Revolutionary France around 1793-94.

    恐怖主义

    历史 不可数
  2. 2.

    The use of unlawful violence against people or property to achieve political objectives.

    不可数
  3. 3.

    The use of unlawful violence against people or property to achieve political objectives.

    The use of intimidation or bullying tactics.

    不可数 引申义
  4. 4.

    Deliberate misspelling of tourism.

    幽默 不可数

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词源

From French terrorisme, from terreur + -isme. By surface analysis, terror + -ism. The word first appears in English in 1795 in reference to the Jacobin radicals of France, who ruled during the Reign of Terror.

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