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单词 mutiny
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mutiny
noun[CorU]
uk
/ˈmjuː.tɪ.ni/us
/ˈmjuː.tən.i/
anoccasionwhen agroupofpeople,especiallysoldiersorsailors,refusestoobeyordersand/orattemptsto takecontrolfrompeopleinauthority:
（尤指士兵或船员的）反叛，哗变，暴动
Conditions on theshipwere often verybad, andcrewswere on thepointof mutiny.船上的情况常常十分糟糕，船员们随时可能发生哗变。
There wererumoursof mutinyamongthetroops.部队里有兵变的传言。
Soldierscrushedmutinies in threejails.士兵镇压了3个监狱的暴动。
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mutinous
mutiny
verb[I]
uk
/ˈmjuː.tɪ.ni/us
/ˈmjuː.tən.i/
to takepartin a mutiny:
反叛，叛变；哗变
Thecrewmutinied andmurderedthe ship'scaptain.船员们哗变，杀害了船长。
Thetroopsmutiniedagainsttheirofficers.士兵们反抗他们的长官。
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  • anarchist
  • angry young man
  • anti-apartheid
  • anti-revolutionary
  • anti-state
  • insurgency
  • insurrection
  • jihadi
  • mujahideen
  • mutineer
  • rebelliousness
  • recusant
  • red flag
  • revolt
  • revolution
  • subversiveness
  • suicide bomber
  • terrorist
  • topple
  • troublemaker
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(Definition ofmutinyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

mutiny| American Dictionary

mutiny
noun[C/U]
us
/ˈmju·tən·i/
refusaltoobeyorders, or aviolentattemptto takecontrolfrompeopleinauthority,esp. in themilitaryor on aship:
[U]Walker’ssuperiorschargedhim with mutiny.

mutinous

adjectiveus
/ˈmju·tən·əs/
Mutinoustroopsfailedtooverthrowthegovernment.

mutiny

verb[I]us
/ˈmju·tən·i/
Thecrewmutiniedand took over theship.
(Definition ofmutinyfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmutiny

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At the time, however, the mutinies seemed far more threatening.
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Nevertheless, this book makes a useful contribution to historical debates about the causes of the mutinies.
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The chief challenge to the government's authority was not leftwing insurgency but right-wing military mutinies.
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The armymutinyof 1964 had created fears about the country's stability and produced a greater intolerance of dissent.
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The war itself brought further atrocities, especially as desperation led tomutiny.
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Passages that were deemed to be incitements tomutinywere just as likely to be made examples of as those that ridiculed monarchy.
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Fears of a militarymutinywere not limited to the duke's opponents.
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Then there was a 'mutiny,' as all the carriers wanted to return from whence they had come.
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While the legislation proposed that cowardice be removed from the category of capital offences, desertion was to remain alongsidemutinyand treachery.
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Under such circumstances, it is not surprising to find luckless gendarmes complaining to authorities, abandoning their posts, and even speaking ofmutiny.
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The monksmutiny; they reject the father.
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As for common soldiers, expectations were not high, and their habits - on both sides - of flight, desertion, re-enlistment with the enemy,mutiny, and predatory disorder were notorious.
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There are ten cases ofmutinyin the sample, but in this matter as in the others observed so far, it appears that the court gave sailors a fair hearing.
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In secure accommodation for children, there were no cases of protest movements, mutinies, rebellions or hunger strikes.
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Hansard archive
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The delegates on the statutes working group rebelled against those defending ' the president's line ' and mutinied against the president and the secretary of the working group.
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