An uprising is when ordinary people in a place suddenly rise up together and use force to try to change the government or the law. The key features are: it comes from below, from the people rather than the army or the powerful; it is usually sudden; and it usually involves violence or at least the real threat of it.

An uprising Uprising is when ordinary people in a place suddenly rise up together and use force指的是一個地方的一般民眾突然一起起來，用武力，to try to change the government or the law試圖改變政府或法律。The key features are關鍵的特徵是：it comes from below, from the people rather than the army or the powerful它來自下面，來自人民而不是軍隊或掌權者；it is usually sudden它通常很突然；and it usually involves violence or at least the real threat of it而且通常牽涉到暴力，或至少是真正的暴力威脅。

Size matters for word choice. An uprising is bigger than a protest and bigger than a riot, but often smaller and shorter than a revolution — a revolution succeeds and changes everything, while an uprising may be crushed in a week and still be called an uprising. That is why history books are full of failed uprisings.

Size規模 matters for word choice會影響用字的選擇。An uprising is bigger than a protest and bigger than a riotUprising比protest大，也比riot大，but often smaller and shorter than a revolution但通常比revolution小、比較短——a revolution succeeds and changes everythingrevolution會成功並改變一切，while an uprising may be crushed in a week and still be called an uprising而uprising即使在一週內就被鎮壓下去，還是會被叫做uprising。That is why這就是為什麼 history books are full of failed uprisings歷史書裡到處都是失敗的uprising。

Notice too that the word carries a quiet sympathy. Governments call the same event a rebellion, a revolt, or 'unrest'; the people who support it call it an uprising. So the word you choose tells your reader whose side you are on.

Notice too that the word carries a quiet sympathy也要注意，這個字帶著一種不動聲色的同情。Governments call the same event a rebellion, a revolt, or 'unrest'政府會把同一件事叫做rebellion、revolt，或「unrest」；the people who support it call it an uprising支持這件事的人則會叫它uprising。So所以 the word you choose你選的字，tells your reader whose side you are on會告訴讀者你站在哪一邊。

You will see it with a place or a year in front: the Warsaw Uprising, the 1953 uprising, a popular uprising, an armed uprising, to crush an uprising, to stage an uprising.

You will see it with a place or a year in front你會看到它前面加地名或年份：the Warsaw Uprising, the 1953 uprising, a popular uprising, an armed uprising, to crush an uprising, to stage an uprisingthe Warsaw Uprising、the 1953 uprising、a popular uprising、an armed uprising、to crush an uprising、to stage an uprising。