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rabble-rouse

/rab-uhl-rouz/US // ˈræb əlˌraʊz //

乌合之众,乱哄哄,暴动,胡乱吵闹

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    rab·ble-roused, rab·ble-rousing.

    • : to stir up the emotions or prejudices of the public; agitate.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as ininstigate
Forms: rabble-rousing

Examples

  • At last, a cause that could rouse it to action: defending the honor of campaign contributors.

  • They startle viewers, rouse viewers, occasionally put off and occasionally turn on viewers.

  • All the excitement of her rabble rousing had been suitably extinguished, along with our enthusiasm for this show.

  • He said he had lunch with Pete Rouse, a longtime aide who came with him from the Senate.

  • By listening in on their conversation, we get to know the narrator, Asa Baker-Rouse, and the filmmaker, Bianca Giaever.

  • A touch of the spurs sent Nejdi with a mighty bound into the midst of the rabble who held the road.

  • Let us go up to Juda, and rouse it up, and draw it away to us, and make the son of Tabeel king in the midst thereof.

  • Mr. Mayne thought they should rouse the household at the first reputable looking dwelling they found.

  • Soult's corps arrived without cannon or baggage, a mere armed rabble, and Ney's men jeered at the disorganised battalions.

  • They sent agents into the most degraded quarters of the city to rouse and direct the mob.