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mutiny

/myoot-n-ee/US // ˈmyut n i //UK // (ˈmjuːtɪnɪ) //

叛变,哗变,叛乱,突变

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural mu·ti·nies.

    • : revolt or rebellion against constituted authority, especially by sailors against their officers.
    • : rebellion against any authority.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    mu·ti·nied, mu·ti·ny·ing.

    • : to commit the offense of mutiny; revolt against authority.

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Examples

  • Somehow he managed to persuade the crew to join him in mutiny and off they went pirating.

  • The real Boone narrowly survived a player mutiny in 1977 when the football team threatened to quit unless he apologized for a particularly vitriolic tirade after a loss.

  • He left, but many other mercenaries stayed, and two years later they were executed or expelled after a mutiny in Stanleyville.

  • He risked a mutiny, but nonetheless handed over six senior park officers to the courts for trafficking park resources.

  • Within three months, one of the original six councilors was charged with mutiny and executed.

  • Of course, the work environment described in The Caine Mutiny is no ordinary one.

  • The Caine Mutiny is one of the greatest novels ever written about a dysfunctional workplace.

  • On his arrival at Rome, to take over his new command, he found himself face to face with a mutiny.

  • Now, Highland regiments had fought in India for many a year before the Mutiny, and the kilt was no new thing in native eyes.

  • But the battle was not won until one of those strange incidents happened that distinguish the Mutiny from all other wars.

  • At last Malcolm stood in the shelter-trench of the picket and gazed at the city which was the hub of the Mutiny.

  • The news of this pretended mutiny spread rapidly, and great crowds came rushing down to see the affair.