rebel

• vi. 反叛；反抗；造反
• n. 反叛者；叛徒
• adj. 反抗的；造反的
• n. (Rebel)人名；(德)雷貝爾；(英)裏貝爾；(法)勒貝爾

re-,相對，相反，-bel,戰爭，詞源同 belligerent,bellicose.引申詞義反抗，叛逆。

rebel

rebel: [13] Etymologically, a rebel is someone who, having been defeated, ‘makes war again’ against his conquerors. The word comes via Old French rebelle from Latin rebellis, an adjective formed from the prefix re- ‘again’ and bellum ‘war’ (source of English bellicose [15] and belligerent [16]). The same Latin word underlies English revel [14]; the semantic link between these two rather unlikely relatives is the noisy disturbance or uproar that goes with a rebellion, not too dissimilar to that made by a crowd of revellers.
=> belligerent, revel

rebel (adj.)

c. 1300, from Old French rebelle "stubborn, obstinate, rebellious" (12c.) and directly from Latin rebellis "insurgent, rebellious," from rebellare "to rebel, revolt," from re- "opposite, against," or perhaps "again" (see re-) + bellare "wage war," from bellum "war."

rebel (v.)

mid-14c., from Old French rebeller (14c.), from Latin rebellare "to revolt" (see rebel (adj.)). Related: Rebelled; rebelling.

rebel (n.)

"person who makes war on his country for political motives," mid-14c., from rebel (adj.). Meaning "supporter of the American cause in the War of Independence" is from 1775; sense of "supporter of the Southern cause in the American Civil War" is attested from April 15, 1861. Rebel yell in an American Civil War context attested from 1862, but the thing itself is older and was said to have been picked up by southwestern men in their periodic wars against the Indians.

The Southern troops, when charging or to express their delight, always yell in a manner peculiar to themselves. The Yankee cheer is more like ours; but the Confederate officers declare that the rebel yell has a particular merit, and always produces a salutary and useful effect upon their adversaries. A corps is sometimes spoken of as a 'good yelling regiment.' [A.J.L. Fremantle, "The Battle of Gettysburg and the Campaign in Pennsylvania," in "Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine," Sept. 1863]

1. The spokesman confirmed that the area was now in rebel hands.

這位發言人證實該地區現已落入叛亂分子手中。

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2. If Douglas came down hard enough on him, Dale would rebel.

如果道格拉斯對戴爾太過嚴厲，他就會反抗。

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3. The rebel forces simply bypassed Zwedru on their way further south.

叛軍在向南部挺進時直接繞過了綏德魯。

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4. Tamar Golan, a Paris-based journalist, profiles the rebel leader.

駐巴黎記者塔瑪·戈蘭對反叛者的首領進行了介紹。

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5. They are in twice daily radio contact with the rebel leader.

他們每天用無線電和叛軍首領聯係兩次。

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