喜樂美語
  1. 1nB2/ˈterərɪzəm/恐怖主義／恐怖活動

    The use of violence, such as bombing or attacks, to people and force a government to do something.

    示範例句 · Example

    Countries around the world work together to fight terrorism.

    逐字世界各國一起合作對抗恐怖主義。

    「terrorism」指用暴力和製造恐懼的方式，逼政府或社會照著某一群人的要求去做。可以想成「用嚇人來達到政治目的」。這個字是不可數名詞，不加 s、前面通常不加 a，要講一起事件時用 an act of terrorism（一起恐怖攻擊事件）。

    常見搭配

    • fight/combat terrorism

      打擊恐怖主義

      to try to stop terrorism

      Police work hard to combat terrorism.

    • an act of terrorism

      一起恐怖攻擊

      a single violent attack made for political reasons

      The bombing was called an act of terrorism.

    • international terrorism

      國際恐怖主義

      terrorism that crosses many countries

      Leaders discussed how to stop international terrorism.

    • the war/fight against terrorism

      對抗恐怖主義的行動

      the large effort to stop terrorism

      Many countries joined the fight against terrorism.

    • anti-terrorism laws

      反恐法律

      laws made to prevent terrorism

      Parliament passed new anti-terrorism laws.

    意思相近

    extremismpolitical violence

core核心畫面

Think of violence used not mainly to destroy, but to plant fear — bombs and attacks meant to ordinary people so much that a government is forced to give in.

可以想成一種「拿暴力來種恐懼」的做法：爆炸、攻擊的重點不只在破壞，而在把一般人嚇到極點，逼政府不得不讓步。

From the word’s history

From Latin terror 'great fear, dread', from terrere 'to frighten'. 'Terrorism' was coined in 1795 for France's Reign of Terror — rule kept in place by fear itself; fear is the whole engine.

源自拉丁文 terror「巨大的恐懼、驚駭」，再往上是 terrere「使人害怕」。terrorism 這個字 1795 年出現，本來指法國大革命的「恐怖統治」——靠恐懼本身撐住的統治；恐懼就是它整台引擎。

etymonline.com/word/terrorism (Latin terror, from terrere 'to frighten'; coined 1795, Reign of Terror)

同家族的字

意思相近

extremismpolitical violence

原始詞典資料4 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，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。

terrorismnoun/ˈtɛɹəɹɪzəm/

  • 1

    historicalThe system of fear and intimidation put into place during the Reign of Terror in Revolutionary France around 1793-94.

    • In England I was proscribed for having vindicated the French Revolution, and I have suffered a rigorous imprisonment in France for having pursued a similar mode of conduct. During the reign of terrorism, I was a close prisoner for eight long months, and remained so above three months after the era of the tenth Thermidor.
  • 2

    The use of unlawful violence against people or property to achieve political objectives.

    • The threat of terrorism to the British lies in the overreaction to it of British governments. Each one in turn clicks up the ratchet of surveillance, intrusion and security. Each one diminishes liberty. David Cameron insists that his latest communications data bill is "vital to counter terrorism". Yet terror is mayhem. It is no threat to freedom. That threat is from counter-terror, from ministers capitulating to securocrats.
  • 3

    The use of unlawful violence against people or property to achieve political objectives.

    • We at the GCN Prisoner Project often get letters from prisoners who are being harassed (above and beyond the usual terrorism of the prison business) because of their being queer.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

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