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bolshevik

/bohl-shuh-vik, bol-; Russian buhl-shi-vyeek/US // ˈboʊl ʃə vɪk, ˈbɒl-; Russian bəl ʃɪˈvyik //UK // (ˈbɒlʃɪvɪk) //

布尔什维克,布尔塞维克,苏联人,保尔什维克

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural Bol·she·viks, Bol·she·vik·i [bohl-shuh-vik-ee, -vee-kee; Russian buhl-shi-vyi-kyee]. /ˈboʊl ʃəˌvɪk i, -ˌvi ki; Russian bəl ʃɪ vyɪˈkyi/.

    • : a member of the more radical majority of the Social Democratic Party, 1903–17, advocating immediate and forceful seizure of power by the proletariat. a member of the Russian Communist Party.
    • : a member of any Communist party.
    • : Disparaging. a contemptuous term used to refer to an extreme radical or revolutionary.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • After the October 1917 Bolshevik Revolution, Russia was too much of a mess to keep fighting Germany.

  • But the war came, and from the Bolshevik revolution to the rise of Hitler, the consequences were horrific.

  • It just doesn't fit with what real people do, in real life, no more than the Bolshevik 'Soviet man' is real.

  • The vice president of Iran announces that no Jews were killed during the Bolshevik Revolution.

  • The Bolshevik Revolution stamped out the city's vibrant and multilingual character.

  • I do not know how things are in America but in England there has been a ridiculous attempt to suppress Bolshevik propaganda.

  • I have seen a lot of Bolshevik propaganda and it is not very convincing stuff.

  • Witnesses further stated that Bolshevik leaders did not represent Russian working classes, most of them being Jews.

  • I know another man, a conservative capitalist of narrow and aggressive temper, whose wife turned into an ardent Bolshevik.

  • Now the King knew nothing of revolution, not even the name, and there was not a bolshevik to be found in all his dominions.