1 N-COUNT 暴民;乌合之众 A mob is a large, disorganized, and often violent crowd of people. 暴民;乌合之众
SYN crowd, pack, collection, mass
2 N-SING 大众(含贬义);(尤指)愤怒暴乱的群众 People sometimes use the mob to refer in a disapproving way to the majority of people in a country or place, especially when these people are behaving in a violent or uncontrolled way. 大众(含贬义);(尤指)愤怒暴乱的群众 [disapproval]
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If they continue like this there is a danger of the mob taking over.
如果他们继续这样下去,就有可能被暴动的群众控制局面。
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They have been exercising what amounts to mob rule.
他们一直在实行相当于暴政的统治。
SYN masses, rabble [derogatory] , hoi polloi, scum
3 N-SING 黑社会;犯罪集团 You can refer to the people involved in organized crime as the Mob . 黑社会;犯罪集团 [informal]
4 VERB [usually passive] 团团围住;成群围住 If you say that someone is being mobbed by a crowd of people, you mean that the people are trying to talk to them or get near them in an enthusiastic or threatening way. 团团围住;成群围住
SYN surround, besiege, overrun, jostle
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