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

• Gentlemen always fight better than rabble.
  绅士们总是会战胜暴徒的。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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）。
• The rabble soon grew violent and unmanageable.
  暴民们很快地变得狂暴和无法控制。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The rebels are a rabble, facing better armed and organised regime forces.
  叛军由平民百姓构成，他们面对的是装备更精良、组织更严密的政府军。
• Questions and answers were audible. The tavern-keeper, taking advantage of the increased numbers of the rabble, dropped behind the mob, and went back to his tavern.
  听着这一问一答，老板趁着人越来越多的时机，落在他们后面，转身回自家酒店去了。