mutiny

1. N-VAR A mutiny is a refusal by people, usually soldiers or sailors, to continue obeying a person in authority. (常指士兵或水手的) 嘩變

A series of coup attempts and mutinies within the armed forces destabilized the regime. 武裝部隊(duì)內(nèi)部一系列政變圖謀和嘩變動搖了該政權(quán)。

2. V-I If a group of people, usually soldiers or sailors, mutiny, they refuse to continue obeying a person in authority. 反叛

Units stationed around the capital mutinied because they had received no pay for nine months. 駐紥在首都周邊的部隊(duì)反叛了，因爲(wèi)他們9個月沒領(lǐng)到工資了。