upheaval

英 [ʌp'hiːvl] 美 [ʌp'hiːvl]

• n. 向上的运动；剧变；动乱

英英释义

Noun:

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

   "the industrial revolution was a period of great turbulence"
   

2. a violent disturbance;

   "the convulsions of the stock market"
   

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

4. disturbance usually in protest

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. 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。
2. It was a terrible upheaval when his father died.
   他父亲去世时家里一团糟。
3. I can't face the upheaval of moving house again.
   我无法忍受再次搬家的折腾。
4. 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。
5. 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。
6. Mass unemployment may lead to social upheaval.
   大批失业会导致社会动乱。
7. It was a violent political upheaval.
   这是一场激烈的政治动乱。
8. The country has been thrown into an upheaval.
   这个国家已经陷入动乱之中。

经典引文

• Unfamiliar with the current upheavals in the Roman Church.

  出自： A. T. Ellis

• Soon will come a major upheaval in the form of war or revolution.

  出自： H. Carpenter

词汇搭配

• 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

近反义词

【近义词】

• 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