dissident
noun /ˈdɪsɪdənt/
/ˈdɪsɪdənt/
- a person who strongly disagrees with and criticizes their government, especially in a country where this kind of action is dangerous
持不同政见者 - left-wing dissidents
左翼持不同政见者 - regimes that murder political opponents and imprison dissidents
谋杀政治对手并监禁异见人士的政权 - Dissidents were often imprisoned by the security police.
持不同政见者常被安全警察关进监狱。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- leading
- prominent
- political
- …
- imprison
- jail
词源mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘differing in opinion or character’): from Latin dissident- ‘sitting apart, disagreeing’, from dis- ‘apart’ + sedere ‘sit’. - left-wing dissidents