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

• 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。
• It will be remembered that, on the arrival of the rabble in the Rue de la Chanvrerie, an old woman, foreseeing the bullets, had placed her mattress in front of her window.
  人们记得当初来到麻厂街集合时，曾见到一个老太婆，她为了防御流弹，把她的床垫放在窗前。
• Speeches, etc appealing to the rabble.
  对民众很有吸引力的讲话等。
• The rabble chant around fires.
  暴民们到处放火，聚集着唱圣歌。
• The disappointed rabble, finding that there was like to be no farther sport, had by this time disappeared.
  那些村民觉得这里大概没有什么新鲜事儿好看了，这时也走开了。
• Pahh! Grunts, put the rest of those peasant rabble back in chains.
  哈！咕哝兽，把剩下的贱民锁回去。
• Athens was an ochlocracy; the beggars were the making of Holland; the populace saved Rome more than once; and the rabble followed Jesus Christ.
  雅典便是暴民政治，穷棒子建立了荷兰，群氓曾不止一次拯救了罗马，乱民跟随着耶稣基督。
• The looting of rich wine stores of the capital by the rabble of the streets was beginning.
  首都街头的乌合之众开始掠夺芳醇的酒库。
• 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）。
• Her speech stirred the emotions of the rabble.
  她的演说煽动起了暴民的情绪。