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revolutionary

/rev-uh-loo-shuh-ner-ee/US // ˌrɛv əˈlu ʃəˌnɛr i //UK // (ˌrɛvəˈluːʃənərɪ) //

革命的,革命,革命者,革命性的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of, pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of a revolution, or a sudden, complete, or marked change: a revolutionary junta.
    • : radically new or innovative; outside or beyond established procedure, principles, etc.: a revolutionary discovery.
    • : of or relating to the American Revolution or to the period contemporaneous with it in U.S. history: Revolutionary heroes; Revolutionary weapons.
    • : revolving.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural rev·o·lu·tion·ar·ies.

    • : a revolutionist.

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Examples

  • In many ways, what Reliable Robotics and XWing propose to do with unmanned flight is less revolutionary.

  • Among the most revolutionary is rethinking the need for daily visits to methadone clinics.

  • Gene editing stands out as the most revolutionary of these technologies.

  • Head coach John Harbaugh said during a preseason interview last year that his team would have a revolutionary offense in its first full season with Lamar Jackson under center, and he was right.

  • The would-be revolutionaries seek an alternative cosmic recipe.

  • A dozen Revolutionary Guards were caught deep inside Pakistan, tracking Rigi.

  • An attack last year that killed 16 Iranian soldiers was publicized as a “response to crimes of the Revolutionary Guards in Syria.”

  • It is a revolutionary story, which threatens to upend the world as we know it.

  • Through her haircare line, named for her grandmother, Jessie Branch, Titi Branch was revolutionary.

  • The liberated soul does not cease to act, to think, to create, to instigate revolutionary flows.

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

  • During the revolutionary war he was commissary-general to the Pennsylvania division, and printer to congress.

  • John Stark, a major general in the revolutionary army, died, aged 93.

  • Tories will wax eloquent on "the pink miasma of revolutionary Radicalism."

  • He was the last surviving officer of the Delaware regiment in the revolutionary army.