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rabble-rousing

/rab-uhl-rou-zing/US // ˈræb əlˌraʊ zɪŋ //

乱哄哄的,乌合之众,哗众取宠,乱哄哄

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of, relating to, or characteristic of a rabble-rouser.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an instance or the practice of stirring up the passions or prejudices of the public.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as ininstigate

Examples

  • He delivered rousing speeches time and again, to memorable effect.

  • Because it is not the rousing King we expect, we are disappointed.

  • Online he was a guild leader, delivering rousing speeches to fellow gamers.

  • But you must have gotten a sense of the rousing response Max was met with in the gay community.

  • After “Who Gon Stop Me,” the two join each other onstage for a rousing rendition of “Otis,” the Otis Redding-sampling rap ballad.

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

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

  • And that, perhaps, they will by and by succeed in rousing the "stubborn enthusiasm of the people" against themselves?

  • It may be, as Barbour says, that Bruce used the occasion to deliver to his men another rousing address.

  • Sir Matthew Fleet's visit seemed like a turning-point with the May family, rousing and giving them revived hopes.