Feudal rulers often branded those who rebelled against them as traitors and heretics.是什么意思？

Feudal rulers often branded those who rebelled against them as traitors and heretics.

封建统治者常给那些反抗他们的人加上大逆不道的罪名.

feudal

adj. 封建的，领地的，世仇的；

例句
Japan has advanced from a rural, feudal society to an urban, industrial power.
日本已从封建农业社会发展成一个城市化工业强国。

rulers

n. 尺( ruler的名词复数 )，直尺，统治者，支配者；

例句
It was the country's rulers who devised this system...
是该国的执政者创造了这一体制。

often

adv. 常常，经常，时常，再三；

例句
Genetic abnormalities are more often associated with faults in paternal DNA than in maternal DNA.
相对于母本DNA,基因畸变往往更多地与父本DNA上的缺陷相关。

branded

adj. 打有烙印的；v. 污辱( brand的过去式和过去分词 )，铭刻于，加商标于，打烙印于；

例句
I was instantly branded as a rebel...
转眼间我被诬蔑为叛徒。

those

adj.& pron. that的复数；adj. 那些的，那；n. 那，那个( that的名词复数)，（指较远的人或事物）那，（指已提到过或已知的人或事物）那，（特指）那；

例句
We shall strike hard, without flinching, at terrorists and those who abet them.
我们要毫不退缩地严厉打击恐怖分子及其帮凶。

who

pron. 谁，什么人，关系代词，有先行词，孰；

例句
The last French king was Louis Philippe, who abdicated in 1848.
法国末代国王是1848年逊位的路易·菲力普。

rebelled

v. 反抗政府( rebel的过去式和过去分词 )，反抗权威；

例句
The Boers rebelled against British rule, proclaiming their independence on 30 December 1880...
布尔人反抗英国统治，并于1880年12月30日宣布独立。

against

prep. 反对，对…不利，紧靠，以防；

例句
His hand brushed against hers; it could have been either accidental or deliberate.
就在有意无意间，他的手轻轻拂过她的手。

them

pron. 他们，她们，它们；

例句
I take care of them to the best of my abilities...
我尽我所能地照顾他们。

as

adv. 同样地，一样地，例如；prep. 作为，以…的身份，如

例句
As far as I can recall, Patti was a Smith.
我记得帕蒂是姓史密斯的。

traitors

n. 卖国贼( traitor的名词复数 )，叛徒，背叛者，背信弃义的人；

例句
...rumours that there were traitors among us who were sending messages to the enemy.
关于我们中间有叛徒向敌人通风报信的传言

and

conj. 和，与，而且，于是，然后，因此；

例句
I spend a lot on expensive jewelry and clothing...
我花很多钱购买昂贵的首饰和衣服。

heretics

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例句
Thousands of heretics were burned at the stake.
几千名异教徒被烧死在火刑柱上。