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When people inside a country try to take power by force — fighting, weapons, seizing a government building — that attempt is an insurrection.
When people inside a country當一個國家內部的人 try to take power by force想用武力奪取政權 — fighting打鬥, weapons動用武器, seizing a government building佔領政府大樓 — that attempt這樣的行動 is an insurrection就叫insurrection(叛亂)
It is not a noisy protest, and it is not a war with another country. The danger comes from inside.
It is not它不是 a noisy protest吵鬧的抗議, and而且 it is not它也不是 a war with another country跟別的國家打仗 The danger comes from inside危險是來自內部
This is a serious, formal word. Judges, newspapers, and history books use it.
This is這是 a serious, formal word一個嚴肅、正式的詞 Judges, newspapers, and history books法官、報紙和歷史書 use it都會用這個詞
Everyday talk might say uprising, revolt, or rebellion; those sit nearby, but they are not perfect copies. A rebellion can go on for years. An uprising can sound like ordinary people standing up, and some listeners hear a little sympathy in it. Insurrection sounds colder, more like a crime against the state.
Everyday talk日常說法 might say uprising, revolt, or rebellion可能會說uprising(起義)、revolt(反抗)或rebellion(叛變); those sit nearby這些詞意思相近, but they are not perfect copies但不是完全一樣 A rebellionrebellion(叛變) can go on for years可以持續好幾年 An uprisinguprising(起義) can sound like ordinary people standing up聽起來像一般人挺身而出, and而且 some listeners有些人聽了 hear a little sympathy in it會覺得帶點同情 Insurrectioninsurrection sounds colder聽起來比較冷酷, more like a crime against the state比較像是對國家犯的罪
People also stretch it. One side may call a riot an insurrection to make it sound like a war on the government. The other side may refuse the word for the same night in the street. So the tidy picture is “a violent grab for power from inside,” but in real talk choosing this word is already taking a side.
People also stretch it這個詞也會被延伸使用 One side有一方 may call a riot an insurrection可能把暴動稱為insurrection to make it sound like a war on the government讓它聽起來像是對政府開戰 The other side另一方 may refuse the word可能拒絕用這個詞 for the same night in the street來形容同一場街頭的騷動 So the tidy picture整齊的定義是 is "a violent grab for power from inside,"「從內部用暴力奪權」, but in real talk但實際使用時 choosing this word選擇用這個詞 is already taking a side本身就已經是選邊站
組成From Late Middle English, via French, from Latin īnsurrēctiō, “a rising up.” Built from in- (“in, inside”) + surgō (“to rise, get up”); surgō itself is sub- (“from under”) + a root for steering (regō). The picture is people rising up from inside.
同家族的字
- insurgenta person who rises up this way; same Latin verb īnsurgō
- surgesame Latin surgō, “to rise”
- resurrectionrising again; same Latin “rise” root
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
insurrectionnoun/ˌɪnsəˈɹɛkʃn̩/
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The action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; (countable) an instance of this; a revolt, an uprising; specifically, one that is at an initial stage or limited in nature.
- No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability. (1866, Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, Section 3)
- After this, by the great wiſedome and politic of the Nobles and Captaynes, a communication was had, and an agreement made vppon the Kings pardon, obtayned for all the Captaynes and chiefe doers in this inſurrection, and promiſe made that they ſhoulde bee gentlye heard, to declare ſuch things as they found themſelues agreeued with, […]
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。