sedition

英 [s?'d??(?)n] 美[s?'d???n]

反義詞

GRE暢通詞匯

形容詞:?seditious;

sedition(煽點(diǎn)心) 煽動(dòng)叛亂

sedition 煽動(dòng)叛亂

sed-,分開，來自 se-在元音前的異體形式，-it,走，詞源同 exit,transit.比較前綴 re-在元音前的異化形式 redolent,olfactory.字面意思即分開走，使分開，引申詞義煽動(dòng)叛亂。

sedition (n.): mid-14c., "rebellion, uprising, revolt, concerted attempt to overthrow civil authority; violent strife between factions, civil or religious disorder, riot; rebelliousness against authority," from Old French sedicion (14c., Modern French sédition) and directly from Latin seditionem (nominative seditio) "civil disorder, dissention, strife; rebellion, mutiny," literally "a going apart, separation," from se- "apart" (see secret) + itio "a going," from past participle of ire "to go" (see ion).

Meaning "conduct or language inciting to rebellion against a lawful government" is from 1838. An Old English word for it was folcslite. Less serious than treason, as wanting an overt act, "But it is not essential to the offense of sedition that it threaten the very existence of the state or its authority in its entire extent" [Century Dictionary].

1. Government officials charged him with sedition.: 政府官員指控他煽動(dòng)人們?cè)旆础?/dd>
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2. His denial of sedition was a denial of violence.: 他對(duì)煽動(dòng)叛亂的否定又是對(duì)暴力的否定.

4. Openly he professed loyalty, but in secret he was fanning the flame of sedition.: 他表面上偽裝忠誠(chéng), 暗地里卻在煽動(dòng)鬧事.

5. Anyone fomenting on advocating the leaving of Fort William Henry will be hung for sedition.: 任何散布離開威廉城言論的人將被判煽動(dòng)罪而處以絞刑!