每日单词：mutiny

mutiny

[MUTINY]

英 ['mjuːtəni] 美 ['mjuːtəni]

n.兵变；叛乱 v.叛变

◉词源

16世纪进入英语，源自古法语 mutin（叛乱的），来自拉丁语 movita（运动、叛变），原指士兵或船员集体反抗上级，后扩展为一般组织或政治内部叛乱。构词成分：词根 mut/mov（移动、改变） + 后缀 -iny（名词形式）。

◉外刊例句

《The New York Times》，2023

Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin’s short-lived mutiny against Russia’s military leadership.

瓦格纳首领叶夫根尼·普里戈任对俄罗斯军方领导层的短暂叛乱。

《The Guardian》，2023

The mutiny exposed deep fractures within Russia’s elite.

这场兵变暴露了俄罗斯精英阶层的深刻裂痕。

◉经典名著

Charles Nordhoff & James Norman Hall, Mutiny on the Bounty, 1932

The famous mutiny on the Bounty occurred in 1789.

著名的邦蒂号兵变发生在1789年。

Fletcher Christian led the mutiny against Captain Bligh.

弗莱彻·克里斯蒂安领导了对布莱船长的叛乱。

◉ Usage Examples

(1) There is a talk of mutiny among the sailors.

(2) Mutiny was effectually laid to rest for the moment.

(3) Discontent stirred the men to mutiny.

(4) The captain was accused of inciting other officers to mutiny.

(1) 水手中有种哗变的传说。

(2) 叛乱总算暂时平定了下来。

(3) 不满情绪酿成了兵变。

(4) 该上尉被控煽动军官叛变。

◉ Usage Notes

A mutiny is a rebellion against authority, like when sailors overthrow the captain of a ship or when a class of 8th graders refuses to dissect a frog in biology class.

Mutiny comes from an old verb, mutine, which means "revolt," and a mutiny is still like a revolt. It can be a group of people, like in the famous Mutiny on the Bounty in 1789 when the crew of a British Royal Navy ship kicked the captain out so they could stay in Tahiti. (Totally worth it.) A mutiny doesn't have to be at sea or in the military; it can be to "refuse the order of the person in authority," in other words, every teacher's nightmare.

◉柯林斯词典

1[N-VAR 可变名词](通常指士兵或水手的)反叛，哗变，暴动 A mutiny is a refusal by people, usually soldiers or sailors, to continue obeying a person in authority.

A series of coup attempts and mutinies within the armed forces destabilized the regime...

军队内部一连串的政变图谋和暴动动摇了该政权。

They were shot yesterday after being convicted of mutiny and high treason.

在被宣判犯有叛乱罪和叛国罪后，他们昨天被枪决了。

2[VERB 动词](通常指士兵或水手)反叛，哗变，暴动 If a group of people, usually soldiers or sailors, mutiny, they refuse to continue obeying a person in authority. [V] [V against n]

Units stationed around the capital mutinied because they had received no pay for nine months...

驻扎在首府周边的部队因9个月没有领到军饷而哗变。

Sailors at a naval base had mutinied against their officers.

某海军基地的士兵不服从军官领导，发生了兵变。