militant

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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++mil·i·tant /ˈmɪlɪtənt/ adjective EXTREMEa militant organization or person is willing to use strong or violent action in order to achieve political or social change 〔组织或人〕好斗的，暴力的，激进的 militant political activists 激进的政治活动家 a militant animal rights group 激进的动物权利保护团体 After the assassination of Martin Luther King, black leaders became more militant. 马丁•路德•金遇刺后，黑人领袖变得更为激进了。 —militant noun [countable] right-wing militants 右翼激进分子 —militancy noun [uncountable] an increase in trade union militancy 工会激进行为的加剧 —militantly adverb a militantly anti-communist group 激进的反共团体

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militant• It fell to later apostles to make public religion more militant.• And even if the defence took militant forms, its boundaries were defined by extant relations of production.• Yassin is the founder of the militant Islamic movement Hamas.• Although the court found that she was not a militant member of the guerrilla group, she received a maximum sentence.• The United States saw the militant nationalist Lumumba as a commun ist sympathiser.• militant nationalists• The Reform commission soon became the most militant of all the defense agencies.• This latest move is seen mainly as a sop to the increasingly militant, student-led protests demanding an immediate trial.Origin militant (1400-1500) Latin present participle of militare “to be a soldier, take part in war”, from miles; → MILITARY1