喜樂美語

核心畫面

One way to picture it: people who were meant to stay under someone's control turn away and push back — the whole thing rolls over, and what was on top no longer holds.

本來乖乖待在別人手下的人，忽然轉過身去，不肯再照著命令走。原本壓在上面的權威被翻了過來——這個「翻轉、掉頭不從」的動…更多收起本來乖乖待在別人手下的人，忽然轉過身去，不肯再照著命令走。原本壓在上面的權威被翻了過來——這個「翻轉、掉頭不從」的動作比較像 revolt。字源上它跟 revolve（滾動、翻轉）同一家，所以裡面帶著「整個翻過來」的味道；而人一旦在心裡翻掉某樣東西，連帶也會生出強烈的排斥感，這也是為什麼同一個字還能表示「噁心得受不了」。

From the word’s history

Borrowed via French révolter from Italian rivoltare, ultimately tied to Latin revolvō 'to roll back' — the sense of turning something over survives in the modern idea of overturning authority.

這個字從法文 révolter、義大利文 rivoltare 進到英文，源頭連著拉丁文 revolvō「滾回去、翻轉」（跟 revolve 同源）。「把東西整個翻過來」的動作意象，正好長成了今天「把統治者翻下來、掉頭不服從」的意思。

Wiktionary 'revolt' etymology (payload origin note)

Three branches

不服從（動作與狀態）

最貼近核心畫面：人轉身背對權威，不再照規矩走；動詞是那個轉身的動作，名詞是那件事的整體。

revolt, verb, refuse to obey · verb · C2

To refuse to accept someone's power, or to refuse to follow rules or laws.

反抗

武力奪權

把「掉頭不服從」推到最極端：不只是不聽，而是動手要把上面的人整個翻下來。

revolt, verb, rise up against · verb · C2

If people revolt, they take strong action against the government, often using force, usually to take power away from it.

起義

生理上的強烈排斥

心裡對某樣東西的「掉頭不接受」，強到連身體都跟著翻胃；從政治上的抗拒延伸成感官上的抗拒。

revolt, verb, disgust someone · verb · C2

If something revolts you, it is so unpleasant that it makes you feel sick and shocked.

使作嘔

原始詞典資料7 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。

revoltverb/ɹɪˈvoʊlt/

  • 1

    To rebel, particularly against authority.

    • The farmers had to revolt against the government to get what they deserved.
    • Our diſcontented Counties doe reuolt
  • 2

    To repel greatly.

    • Your brother revolts me!
    • I shall be told, that this abominable medley is made rather to revolt young and ingenuous minds.
  • 3

    To be disgusted, shocked, or grossly offended; hence, to feel nausea; used with at.

    • The stomach revolts at such food; his nature revolts at cruelty.
  • 4

    To cause to turn back; to roll or drive back; to put to flight.

    • The foring clouds into fad fhowres y molt; / So to her yold the flames, and did their force reuolt.
  • 5

    To turn away; to abandon or reject something; specifically, to turn away, or shrink, with abhorrence.

    • And ſtill revolt when truth would ſet them free.
    • His clear intelligence revolted from the dominant sophisms of that time.
  • 6

    card-gamesgamesto perform a revolution in Tycoon, reversing the card hierarchy

revoltnoun/ɹɪˈvoʊlt/

  • 1

    An act of revolting.

    • — It's a revolt? — No, Sire, it's a revolution...
    • The first recorded use of “insurrection” in English, indeed, is in parliamentary papers describing the armed revolt led by Jack Cade in 1450, who marched on London to protest against the corruption of Henry VI’s government. […] Thinking more metaphorically, his American contemporary James Russell Lowell wrote: “It is not the insurrections of ignorance that are dangerous, but the revolts of intelligence.” Had he lived to the year 2021, he might have changed his mind.

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。