1.revolt的基本意思是一些不堪入目的事或悲痛的场面使人感到不快或起反感之心。此时可用作不及物动词,也可用作及物动词。用作及物动词时,主语通常是事物,宾语通常为人。可用于被动结构。
2.revolt引申可指“反叛,造反”,此时是不及物动词,常与介词against连用。

revolt against(v.+prep.)
反叛,反抗,反感 oppose; fight against; refuse to obey; disgust with sb/sth
▲revolt against sb/sth/v-ing
Several tribes revolted against the new government policy.好几个部落反对政府的新政策。
Children always revolt against parental disciplines.孩子们总是反抗父母的管束。
The prisoners are revolting against living conditions in the prisons by refusing to eat.囚犯以绝食来抗议监狱里的生活条件。
His whole nature revolted against deceit.他生来就对欺骗行为反感。
All civilized people will revolt against this terrible crime.所有文明的人都会厌恶这一可怕的罪行。
All who saw the distressing scene revolted against it.所有看到这种悲惨景象的人都对此感到难过。
Common sense would revolt against such a sweeping statement.普通的常识告诉我不能接受这种过分的说法。

用作不及物动词
▲S+～(+A)
The tribesmen will revolt if you ask them to pay taxes.你若要求部落里的人们交税,他们会反叛的。
The troops revolted.军队哗变了。
A puppet troop revolted last week.上星期一支伪军部队起义了。
用作及物动词
▲S+～+n./pron.
The violence in the movie revolted me.电影里的暴力行为使我反感。
The distressing scene revolted all who saw it.令人悲痛的场面使所有目击者都感到不快。
The scene revolted him.这景象使他厌恶。
A dirty house revolts Mother.母亲见到屋子脏就受不了。
◇ 用于be ～ed 结构
He was revolted by the dirty food.那些脏食物使他厌恶。

revolt, disgust
这组词的共同意思是“使…憎恶”。其区别是:disgust指卑鄙无耻的伎俩、表现或事物“使人憎厌”,有时甚至含有生理上“令人欲呕”的意味; revolt指极端残酷、肮脏的事物或现象,表现感情上的“反抗”或对某物的“不满”。

The governor convened his troops to put down the revolt.总督召集他的部队去镇压叛乱。
The town is in revolt.这个城镇发生叛乱。

revolt, rebellion, revolution, riot
参见revolution条。

［同义词］ n.  opposition, revolution