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terrorist

/ter-er-ist/US // ˈtɛr ər ɪst //UK // (ˈtɛrərɪst) //

恐怖分子,恐怖主义者,恐怖份子,恐怖组织

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person, usually a member of a group, who uses or advocates terrorism.
    • : a person who terrorizes or frightens others.
    • : a member of a political group in Russia aiming at the demoralization of the government by terror.
    • : an agent or partisan of the revolutionary tribunal during the Reign of Terror in France.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of, relating to, or characteristic of terrorism or terrorists: terrorist tactics.

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Examples

  • The Pentagon was among the company’s earliest clients, helping soldiers and contractors conduct risk-assessments in occupied parts of the world to determine who is and isn’t a terrorist worthy of being blown up by drone.

  • The domestic terrorists represented by that flag have burned down our cities with the mission of defunding our police.

  • Right-wing attacks and plots accounted for the majority of all terrorist incidents in the country between 1994 and 2020, according to a study by the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

  • Everyone thinks I’m a terrorist because I was at that event.

  • There is, obviously, the FBI, which has collected images and is seeking the public’s help in identifying domestic terrorists.

  • Terrorist groups could certainly use those weapons in an attempt to shoot down an airliner.

  • Terrorist bombings are out of the question -- contrary to our rule of keeping your hands to yourself.

  • They left a week ago, after the Ukrainian Army began the latest and fiercest episode of its “Anti-Terrorist Operation.”

  • By now, the Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) had managed to intercept the phone conversations between the fidayeen and their handlers.

  • This is the central event in Harris-Gershon's memoir, What Do You Buy the Children of the Terrorist Who Tried to Kill Your Wife?

  • The other was that Danton, the great original Terrorist leader had perished on the scaffold as far back as April.

  • The Terrorist had a vague fear that the Citizen-Deputy would speak to the mob.

  • Again the officer bowed, wondering how on earth the Terrorist could have come by such accurate information.

  • "On the authority given me by the power to enforce an answer, sir," returned the Terrorist quietly.

  • As soon as the aerostats rose into the air, the Terrorist fleet receded northward and southward from the batteries.