terrorist

来自 terror,恐惧，惊恐，-ist,人。

terrorist (n.)

in the modern sense, 1944, especially in reference to Jewish tactics against the British in Palestine -- earlier it was used of extremist revolutionaries in Russia who attempted to demoralize the government by terror (1866); and Jacobins during the French Revolution (1795) -- from French terroriste; see terror + -ist (also see terrorism).

The term now usually refers to a member of a clandestine or expatriate organization aiming to coerce an established government by acts of violence against it or its subjects. [OED]

The tendency of one party's terrorist to be another's guerilla or freedom fighter was noted in reference to the British action in Cyprus (1956) and the war in Rhodesia (1973). The word terrorist has been applied, at least retroactively, to the Maquis resistance in occupied France in World War II (as in in the "Spectator," Oct. 20, 1979).

1. One American was killed and three were wounded in terrorist attacks.

在几起恐怖袭击中，一名美国人遇难，三人受伤。

2. The investigation is being handled by Scotland Yard's anti-terrorist branch.

调查由伦敦警察厅反恐部门负责。

3. Two soldiers were killed in a terrorist ambush.

两名士兵遭到恐怖分子伏击而死亡。

4. Terrorist attacks were threatening to destabilize the government.

恐怖袭击威胁着政府的稳定。

5. All terrorist crime is detestable, whoever the victims.

无论受害者是谁，一切恐怖主义罪行都是可憎的。