upheaval 详细解释

upheaval

[ʌp'hi:vəl]

n.向上的运动, 剧变, 动乱

n.[U][C]

1. 动乱; 激变; 剧变

Mass unemployment may lead to social upheaval.

大批失业会导致社会动乱。

2. 胀起; 鼓起; 举起; (地壳)隆起

词形变化

名词复数：upheavals

词义辨析

同义参见:

faction  eruption  disturbance  explosion  earthquake  disorder  

英英释义

名词 upheaval:

a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally)

同义词：turbulence, Sturm und Drang

a violent disturbance

同义词：convulsion, turmoil

(geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)

同义词：uplift, upthrow, upthrust

disturbance usually in protest

同义词：agitation, excitement, turmoil, hullabaloo

补充

upheavalupheaval英:[ʌpˈhi:vəl] 美:[ʌpˈhivəl]n.1.突然的巨变; 大动荡; 大变动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。

例句

1. A flood of divorces followed the social upheaval of the Second World War.第二次世界大战造成的社会动荡引发了离婚潮。 2. Wherever there is political upheaval, invariably there are refugees.哪里有政治动乱, 哪里就有难民。 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变化。 4. major upheavals in the financial markets.金融市场的剧变。 5. [mass noun]times of political upheaval.政治动荡时期。 6. The civil rights movement marked a period of social upheaval in the U.S.民权运动标志了美国社会的一段动荡时期。 7. the emotional upheaval of divorce离婚造成的情绪波动 8. a period of cultural and social upheavals文化与社会的动荡期 9. The island was created by an upheaval of the ocean floor.这个岛由海底隆起形成。 10. The lake was formed by geologic upheaval.这片湖泊因地质结构隆起而形成。

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