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mil·i·tant noun /ˈmɪlɪtənt/ /ˈmɪlɪtənt/ - a person who uses, or is willing to use, force or strong pressure to achieve their aims, especially to achieve social or political change富有战斗性的人；好斗者；激进分子
- Student militants were fighting with the police.一批激进的学生正在与警察搏斗。
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘engaged in warfare’): from Old French, or from Latin militant- ‘serving as a soldier’, from the verb militare, from miles, milit- ‘soldier’. The current sense dates from the early 20th cent.
mil·i·tant adjective /ˈmɪlɪtənt/ /ˈmɪlɪtənt/ - using, or willing to use, force or strong pressure to achieve your aims, especially to achieve social or political change动武的；好战的；有战斗性的
- militant groups/leaders好战团伙／头目
- Some trade unions have a more militant approach to pay negotiations.一些工会在薪酬谈判方面采取更为激进的态度。
- Partly because of the militant feminist movement, women got the vote in 1918.1918 年，女性获得了投票权，部分原因是激进的女权运动。
Extra Examples- The women on the march were highly militant.游行队伍中的女性斗志昂扬。
- Militant groups have been blamed for a series of attacks in the region.武装组织被指应为该地区发生的一系列袭击事件负责。
Topics Social issuesc1Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbsadverb Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘engaged in warfare’): from Old French, or from Latin militant- ‘serving as a soldier’, from the verb militare, from miles, milit- ‘soldier’. The current sense dates from the early 20th cent.
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