vigilante

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˌvɪd͡ʒ.ɪˈlæn.ti/|/ˌvɪd͡ʒ.ɪˈlɑːn.teɪ/    美 /ˌvɪd͡ʒ.əˈlæn.ti/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A member of a vigilance committee.
  2. A person who acts outside of legal authority, often violently, to punish or avenge a crime, right a perceived wrong, etc.
    — For example, a voice accusing a man of being a paedophile might be based on recent TV news programmes about antipaedophile vigilante groups, plus the memory of having been accused of being a pervert by a neighbour, plus fears that he might be a secret paedophile because he enjoyed reading Lolita.

词形变化

vigilantes plural

词汇关系

衍生词
bond vigilante vigilantism digilante

词源

Borrowed from Spanish vigilante (“watchman, guard”), from Latin vigilans. Doublet of vigilant.
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