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Terrorism is when a group uses fear and violence — bombs, attacks on ordinary people — to push a political aim. Counter-terrorism is the plan, and the work, of trying to stop that: special police and army units, watching, laws, following money, and sometimes talking people out of joining. It can name a government policy, a special group, or the whole field of that work. News and officials use it constantly. People also put it in front of another noun: a counter-terrorism unit, counter-terrorism laws. You will also see counterterrorism, with no . Though actually, after an attack almost any new security step may get this label, even when it is ordinary policing with a bigger name. It is not a war against another country, and it is not the same as , which is fighting an uprising inside a country. Formal, heavy, news English.
From the word’s history
From counter- + terrorism.
由 counter-「反、對抗」加上 terrorism「恐怖主義」組成。
組成From counter- + terrorism. Counter- came from Latin contra, “against,” through Old French contre-, Anglo-Norman countre-, and Middle English. Terrorism is built on terror, from Latin terror, “great fear,” through French terreur.
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
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counter-terrorismnoun
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Measures intended to combat or reduce terrorist activities.
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