counter-revolutionary
noun [ C ] uk/ˌkaʊn.tə.rev.əˈluː.ʃən.ər.i/ us/ˌkaʊn.t̬ɚ.rev.əˈluː.ʃən.er.i/
反革命，反革命分子
someone who organizes or is involved in a counter-revolution (= a political activity that happens as a reaction to an earlier political change)
She was tried and executed for being a counter-revolutionary. 她因反革命而被审判和处决。
He said that some counter-revolutionaries and bad elements had sneaked into the Party. 他说，有一些反革命分子和坏分子已经潜入了党内。
See: counter-revolution
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- He was branded a counter-revolutionary and dismissed from all his posts.
- Homes were raided in an effort to root out counter-revolutionaries.
- Hundreds of thousands of counter-revolutionaries were massacred in the Vendée in western France in the 1790s.
counter-revolutionary
adjective uk/ˌkaʊn.tə.rev.əˈluː.ʃən.ər.i/ us/ˌkaʊn.t̬ɚ.rev.əˈluː.ʃən.er.i/
反革命的
involved in or relating to a counter-revolution (= a political activity that happens as a reaction to an earlier political change)
counter-revolutionary activities/literature 反革命活动/文学
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- His controversial statements about race and class eventually led to charges of counter-revolutionary heresy.
- The bandits in question were counter-revolutionary rebels who hid in the Escambray mountains during the 1960s.
- Red Guards attacked his ideas as counter-revolutionary in the 1960s.