rabble

英 [ˈræbl]

美 [ˈræbl]

n.  乌合之众; 聚众的暴民; 贱民; 下等人

GRE

BNC.20757 / COCA.24547

牛津词典

noun

• 乌合之众；聚众的暴民
  a large group of noisy people who are or may become violent
  1. a drunken rabble
     醉酒闹事的人群
• 贱民；下等人
  ordinary people or people who are considered to have a low social position
  1. a speech that appealed to the rabble
     感染贱民的演讲

柯林斯词典

• N-SING 乌合之众；乱民；暴民
  Arabbleis a crowd of noisy people who seem likely to cause trouble.
  1. He seems to attract a rabble of supporters more loyal to the man than to the cause.
     他似乎吸引了一群忠于他个人超过忠于这项事业的乌合之众的支持。
• N-SING 贱民；下等人
  People sometimes refer to ordinary people in general as therabbleto suggest that they are superior to them.
  1. In 40 years, the Guards' Polo Club has changed, but it has managed to keep most of the rabble out.
     40年间，御林军马球俱乐部虽有变化，但却一直成功地把绝大多数下层民众拒之门外。

英英释义

noun

• a disorderly crowd of people
  Synonym:mobrout
• disparaging terms for the common people
  Synonym:riffraffragtagragtag and bobtail

双语例句

• Her speech stirred the emotions of the rabble.
  她的演说煽动起了暴民的情绪。
• Hitler, although half-educated, was an eminently successful rabble rouser.
  希特勒所受教育颇有限，却是个十分成功的煽动家。
• The defated army returned home as a demoralized rabble.
  战败的军队回到家时成了一群士气沮丧的乌合之众。
• That liberal obedience, without which your army would be a base rabble ( Edmund Burke).
  那心甘情愿的服从；如果没有它，你们的军队将是一群卑鄙的乌合之众（爱德蒙伯克）。
• What have you in common with the troublemaking rabble?
  你和那些闹事的乌合之众有相同点吗？
• A rabble of angry citizens stormed the embassy.
  一群愤怒的暴徒冲击了大使馆。
• Speeches, etc appealing to the rabble.
  对民众很有吸引力的讲话等。
• Gentlemen always fight better than rabble.
  绅士们总是会战胜暴徒的。
• He based his tactical philosophy on the headlong charge, with himself at the head of his cavalry, which had more than once left him a prisoner in enemy hands and his army a leaderless rabble.
  他的战术重身先士卒率领骑兵冲锋，结果不止一次被敌军俘虏，部下失去领袖，成为一盘散沙。
• Now in America we have learned in actual practice to accept the rabble hypothesis with reservations.
  目前在美国我们已经在实践中懂得有保留地接受了群氓假说。