Intifada is the name English borrowed for a Palestinian uprising against Israeli control of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The one this word most often points to started in 1987: people, including many young people, protested for years with strikes, refusals, and street clashes.

Intifada這個字 is the name English borrowed是英文借來的名字, for a Palestinian uprising against Israeli control of the West Bank and Gaza Strip指巴勒斯坦人反抗以色列控制西岸和加薩走廊的起義。The one this word most often points to這個字最常指的那一次, started in 1987始於1987年: people, including many young people包括許多年輕人在內的民眾, protested for years with strikes, refusals, and street clashes用罷工、拒絕合作、和街頭衝突抗爭了好幾年。

In Arabic the word means a shaking-off or rising-up. English took it as a name for those events, so it feels like a history-and-news word and is often written with a capital letter.

In Arabic在阿拉伯語裡 the word means a shaking-off or rising-up這個字的意思是「甩開」或「起身反抗」。English英語 took it as a name for those events把它拿來當這些事件的名字, so it feels like a history-and-news word所以感覺像是歷史和新聞用語 and is often written with a capital letter而且常常大寫。

Though actually, there was a second, later Intifada that began in 2000, and news writers sometimes stretch the word to later waves of protest too.

Though actually不過事實上, there was a second, later Intifada that began in 2000後來在2000年還有第二次Intifada, and news writers sometimes stretch the word to later waves of protest too新聞寫作有時也把這個字延伸用到後來幾波抗爭上。

In Arabic it can be a more general word for an uprising; in school English, though, it is not a loose word for any demonstration. It points to this conflict and these years.

In Arabic在阿拉伯語裡 it can be a more general word for an uprising它可以是比較泛指「起義」的字; in school English在學校英文裡, though不過, it is not a loose word for any demonstration它不是隨便什麼示威都能用的鬆散說法。It它 points to this conflict and these years指的是這場衝突和這幾年。