“反动分子”常见的英文表达是 “reactionary elements” 或 “reactionaries”。
“reactionary elements” 更强调群体中的反动成分或势力,常用于较为正式或书面的语境。例如:The government must take strict measures to deal with the reactionary elements that are trying to undermine social stability.(政府必须采取严厉措施来对付那些企图破坏社会稳定的反动分子。)
“reactionaries” 侧重于指代那些持有反动思想、进行反动活动的人,是一个比较宽泛的统称。例如:The reactionaries were trying to restore the old feudal order.(反动分子企图恢复旧的封建秩序 。)