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counterrevolution

/koun-ter-rev-uh-loo-shuhn/US // ˈkaʊn tərˌrɛv əˈlu ʃən //UK // (ˌkaʊntəˌrɛvəˈluːʃən) //

反革命,反转,反对革命,逆革命

Related Words

backlash反冲力,反击,反弹,反冲right对,正确,权利,对的relapse复发,复发情况,復发,复发问题regression回归,回落,回退backsliding倒退,倒退的人,倒退的情况,退退退退withdrawal撤回,退出,撤出,撤销retrogression倒退,退步,逆行,倒退的情况retreat撤退,退缩,闭关修炼,闭关obscurantism蒙昧主义,愚昧主义,愚民主义,愚昧无知retrenchment缩减,裁员,缩减开支,缩水right wing右翼,右派,右侧,右边的status quo现状,维持现状,现况,状况

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a revolution against a government recently established by a revolution.
    • : a political movement that resists revolutionary tendencies.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inreaction
Synonyms
backlash反冲力,反击,反弹,反冲backsliding倒退,倒退的人,倒退的情况,退退退退obscurantism蒙昧主义,愚昧主义,愚民主义,愚昧无知regression回归,回落,回退relapse复发,复发情况,復发,复发问题retreat撤退,退缩,闭关修炼,闭关retrenchment缩减,裁员,缩减开支,缩水retrogression倒退,退步,逆行,倒退的情况right对,正确,权利,对的withdrawal撤回,退出,撤出,撤销toryism托利主义,托利斯主义,托利氏主义,保守主义right wing右翼,右派,右侧,右边的status quo现状,维持现状,现况,状况

Examples

  • As the breadth of the counterrevolution became clear, my unease turned to despair.

  • But if Shafiq wins—whether fairly or unfairly—it will complete the circle of counterrevolution.

  • Undoubtedly a French statesman could not but wish for a counterrevolution in England.

  • The votes of the Parliament had already forced on Lewis the conviction that there was no chance of a counterrevolution.

  • England and Austria insisted that there should be neither vengeance nor counterrevolution.

  • Extrapolating Russian history, it would be reasonable to expect a backlash in the form of a counterrevolution.

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