upheaval
英[ʌp'hiːvl]
美[ʌp'hiːvl]
- n. 向上的运动;剧变;动乱
TEM8 GRE TOEFL
详细释义
Noun:
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a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally);
"the industrial revolution was a period of great turbulence"
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a violent disturbance;
"the convulsions of the stock market"
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(geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)
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disturbance usually in protest
双语例句
- 1. It was faced with the greatest social upheaval since World War Ⅱ.
- 它面临第二次世界大战以来最大的社会动乱.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. And here lie the seeds of the whole subsequent upheaval.
- 这就包含着随之而来的全部变革的萌芽.
来自英汉非文学 - 家庭、私有制和国家的起源
- 3. Having a baby will mean the greatest upheaval in your life.
- 有了孩子意味着你的生活要发生重大的变化。
来自辞典例句
- 4. Wherever there is political upheaval, invariably there are refugees.
- 哪里有政治动乱,哪里就一定有难民。
来自辞典例句
- 5. Her fears had always been on the alert for an upheaval.
- 她日夜提心吊胆,严防突变.
来自辞典例句
- The French Revolution was a volcanic upheaval in European history.
法国大革命是欧洲历史上的一次剧变。 - It was a terrible upheaval when his father died.
他父亲去世时家里一团糟。 - I can't face the upheaval of moving house again.
我无法忍受再次搬家的折腾。 - Many years ago, Johnson faced a major upheaval in his life.
许多年前,约翰逊遭遇生命中的剧变。 - A drastic interest-rate cut this week coincided with stockmarket upheaval.
伴随着本周利率的大幅降低而来的是证券市场有力的反弹。 - Mass unemployment may lead to social upheaval.
大批失业会导致社会动乱。 - It was a violent political upheaval.
这是一场激烈的政治动乱。 - The country has been thrown into an upheaval.
这个国家已经陷入动乱之中。
用作名词 (n.)
用法讲解
- secular upheaval 长期缓升
- frost upheaval 冻胀,冰冻隆起...
- campus upheaval 大学学潮
- economic upheaval 经济震荡
- currency upheaval 货币动荡
相关词汇
- disturbance 扰乱
- disorder 混乱
- earthquake 地震
- eruption 爆发
- explosion 爆炸
- faction 内讧
- turmoil 混乱
- confusion 惶惑
- cataclysm 大洪水
- commotion 骚动
- disruption 分裂
- mayhem 有意的破坏或暴行...
- upthrow 向上的投掷
- hullabaloo (尤指人的)持续的吵闹声...
- uplift 鼓舞
- agitation 激动
- Sturm und Drang (十八世纪德国文学上的)...
- convulsion 抽搐
- upthrust 向上一推
- excitement 激动
- turbulence 骚乱
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