Word · Frequency #28068
insurgency
叛乱；暴动；起义
an organized rebellion against an established government, using subversion and armed conflict
- 1.
rebellion; revolt; the state of being insurgent
叛乱；起义；叛乱状态
叛乱；起义；叛乱状态；叛乱状态；发生暴动；[法] 暴动；起义；叛乱
In use
The government struggled to contain the insurgency in the northern provinces.
The army was sent to put down the insurgency before it spread to the capital.
Several insurgencies in the region were fueled by economic inequality.
an insurgency against sb/sth
insurgency 是可数名词，复数形式为 insurgencies；表示“针对某政府/政权的叛乱”时，用 against 引出对象。
The armed group staged an insurgency against the colonial government.
该武装组织对殖民政府发动了一场叛乱。
launch an insurgency
launch an insurgency 是“动词+宾语”结构，launch 表示“发起、发动”。
The group launched an insurgency shortly after the election.
该组织在选举后不久发动了叛乱。
crush/suppress an insurgency
crush/suppress an insurgency 是“动词+宾语”结构，表示“镇压叛乱”。
Government troops were sent to crush the insurgency in the north.
政府军被派去镇压北部的叛乱。
the insurgency spread/grew
主语 the insurgency 后接 spread、grow 等不及物动词，描述叛乱的发展变化。
The insurgency spread quickly across the border region.
叛乱迅速蔓延到边境地区。
Common mistakes
Many people joined the insurgency movement.Many people joined the insurgent movement.
insurgency 是名词，意为“叛乱状态、暴动”，不能直接修饰名词；表示“叛乱的”应用形容词 insurgent。因此“叛乱运动”要说 insurgent movement，而不是 insurgency movement。
The government faced several insurgency last year.The government faced several insurgencies last year.
insurgency 是可数名词，复数形式为 insurgencies。前面有 several 等表示复数的词时，必须使用复数形式，不能说 several insurgency。
Connections
Collocations
- launch an insurgency
- 发动叛乱
- The rebels launched an insurgency against the military government.叛军向军政府发动了叛乱。
- quell an insurgency
- 镇压叛乱
- The army was sent to quell the insurgency in the northern province.军队被派往北方省份镇压叛乱。
- armed insurgency
- 武装叛乱
- The region has been torn apart by armed insurgency for years.该地区多年来因武装叛乱而四分五裂。
- insurgency movement
- 叛乱运动
- The insurgency movement gained support among the rural population.这场叛乱运动得到了农村人口的支持。
- fuel an insurgency
- 助长叛乱
- The government's brutal tactics only fuelled the insurgency.政府的残暴手段只会加剧叛乱。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：叛乱如汹涌浪潮(surge)般扑来，in加surge加cy就成了insurgency。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：军事冲突报道、政治新闻 insurgency 通常出现在正式或中性的新闻报道、政治军事论述中，指有组织地试图推翻现政府的武装行动；日常口语中较少使用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 insurgency 真正押韵的是 urgency 和 emergency，都以 /ɜːdʒənsi/ 收尾。contingency 和 agency 也以 -gency 结尾，但重读元音不同（/ɪ/、/eɪ/），并不押韵；surge 只与 insurgency 的重读部分 /sɜːdʒ/ 相同，不是整词押韵。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.