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patriot

/pey-tree-uht, -ot or, especially British, pa-tree-uht/US // ˈpeɪ tri ət, -ˌɒt or, especially British, ˈpæ tri ət //UK // (ˈpeɪtrɪət, ˈpæt-) //

爱国者,爱国人士

Related Words

partisan党派,党派人士,党人,党员loyalist忠臣,忠诚的人,忠心耿耿,忠于职守者volunteer志愿者,义工,志愿,自愿者flag-waver摇旗人,摇旗手,摇旗呐喊,摇旗呐喊者nationalist民族主义,民族主义者,民族主义者,民族主义的jingoist金刚主义者,金戈铁马,金戈铁马者,金刚主义者ultranationalist极端民族主义者,极端民族主义,极端民族主义者,极端民族主义分子

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person who loves, supports, and defends his or her country and its interests with devotion.
    • : a person who regards himself or herself as a defender, especially of individual rights, against presumed interference by the federal government.
    • : Patriot, Military. a U.S. Army antiaircraft missile with a range of 37 miles and a 200-pound warhead, launched from a tracked vehicle with radar and computer guidance and fire control.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounperson who loves his or her country
Forms: patriots
Synonyms
flag-waver摇旗人,摇旗手,摇旗呐喊,摇旗呐喊者jingoist金刚主义者,金戈铁马,金戈铁马者,金刚主义者loyalist忠臣,忠诚的人,忠心耿耿,忠于职守者nationalist民族主义,民族主义者,民族主义者,民族主义的partisan党派,党派人士,党人,党员patrioteer爱国者,爱国人士,恋人volunteer志愿者,义工,志愿,自愿者good citizen好公民,好市民,良好的公民,良民statesperson政治家,政治人物,国家官员,国家元首ultranationalist极端民族主义者,极端民族主义,极端民族主义者,极端民族主义分子

Examples

  • These were patriots who loved their country and do not want to see our great republic turned into a socialist country.

  • The fluctuating role of Marvel’s fictional patriot in the ideological melee offers a microcosmic view of the deep ironies of America’s current, frustrating political situation.

  • Perhaps even the most devoted sons must eventually leave their mothers to commit the traditional coming-of-age ritual of trashing the seat of American Democracy in the name of being a patriot.

  • The people who easily bypassed the bollards and fences to terrorize the Capitol said they were there as patriots motivated by policy or politics or partisanship.

  • A GoFundMe page created under Hopkins’s name had raised more than $136,000 by Tuesday evening, with donors praising him as a patriot and whistleblower.

  • The man behind the desk is a fictional character—a ferocious patriot exposing the limits of rigid ideology.

  • The Patriot Act allows the Department of Justice to seize foreign bank assets in U.S. accounts.

  • “I have always considered him a friend, a patriot, and a dedicated public servant,” McCain said in a statement.

  • Despite the trials of a lifetime and the events of this summer, Washington still calls himself a patriot.

  • The President, yesterday, at a Patriot Day ceremony, tells me never to give into fear.

  • He was a patriot of the noblest and most extensive views, and justly celebrated as a man of learning, eloquent and refined.

  • Pierre Van Cortlandt, a distinguished revolutionary patriot, died at his seat at Croton river, aged 94.

  • He was afterwards a member of the Massachusetts senate, and much esteemed as a physician and a patriot.

  • Posing as a patriot King and boasting of his love for his adopted country, he ever remained at heart a Frenchman.

  • And now, having attained all he could desire, Wilkes sank the patriot in the courtier.

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