revolted
past simple and past participle ofrevolt
| 单词 | revolted |
| 释义 | revolted past simple and past participle ofrevolt revolt verb uk/rɪˈvəʊlt/us/rɪˈvoʊlt/revoltverb(PROTEST)C2[I] If alargenumberofpeoplerevolt, theyrefuseto becontrolledorruled, and takeactionagainstauthority, oftenviolentaction: Thepeoplerevoltedagainstforeignruleandestablishedtheirowngovernment. Synonym rise(BE OPPOSED TO) Taking action against people in power
revoltverb(UNPLEASANT FEELING)C2[T] to make someonefeelunpleasantlyshockedordisgusted: We were revoltedbythedirtandmessin herhouse. It revolts me toknowthat theworldspendsso muchmoneyonarmswhen millions aredyingofhunger. Synonyms disgust repel(CAUSE STRONG DISLIKE) See also revulsion Inspiring dislike
Examplesofrevoltedrevolted In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Its hegemony lasted until about 1450 when, during a period of severe drought and cold, its vassalsrevoltedand destroyed the city. From theCambridge English Corpus Ultimately the pro-division faction contrived to get the government to support its position and when the ' rebel' partyrevolted, the federal army unleashed counter-revolutionary terror. From theCambridge English Corpus And they could even have fled the land orrevoltedagainst the new regime if the changes were perceived to be too burdensome. From theCambridge English Corpus Most were appalled andrevoltedby such a prospect. From theCambridge English Corpus So too, men and women handle string bags every day, often admiringly and possessively, but they arerevoltedby placentas and other birth substances. From theCambridge English Corpus The author's conclusion that 'the clergy wererevoltedby any idea of collaborationism' (pp. 348-51) can thus be hardly reconciled with his evidence. From theCambridge English Corpus For example, contemporary intelligence reports noted that from 1917 the movement adopted a more radical agenda thatrevolted'against the whole of the accepted system of industry'. From theCambridge English Corpus The adjustment of emotions and expectations to the realities of inherited social practice against which fewrevoltedgave an unusual colouring to the affects of marital life. From theCambridge English Corpus The whole country isrevoltedby this crime against her family and against her whole community. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Theyrevoltedagainst it, and rightly, because minorities ought not to suffer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The whole population wasrevoltedat the system of government that had been imposed on them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Most ordinary people arerevoltedby what those workers have to do. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 One would have thought his common sense would haverevoltedagainst so startling a proposition. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They see indecent publications on the bookstalls, but do not buy them because they are not interested, or arerevolted. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The world has been shocked andrevoltedby the scale of savagery and the crude brutality witnessed there. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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