中英互译
upheaval
英 /ʌpˈhiːv(ə)l/美 /ʌpˈhiːv(ə)l/
基本释义
- n.激变,剧变;(地壳)隆起
复数upheavals
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词语例句
激变,剧变n.
四级六级考研Algeria has been going through political upheaval for the past two months.
在过去的两个月里,阿尔及利亚一直经历着政治动乱。
The latest upheavals in the education system have become hot topics.
最近教育制度上的种种变更已经成为了热门话题。
In the process, he triggered upheavals in computing, music, telecoms and the news business that were painful for incumbent firms but welcomed by millions of consumers.
在这个过程中,他引发了计算、音乐、电信和新闻行业的剧变,这些变动对现有公司来说是痛苦的,但却受到了数百万消费者的欢迎。
(地壳)隆起n.
This beautiful island was created by an upheaval of the sea bed.
这座美丽的小岛是由海底隆起形成的。
The hill was formed by geologic upheaval.
这座山因地质结构隆起而形成。
- He is resigned to the noise, the mess, the constant upheaval.他对噪音、杂乱和持续动荡逆来顺受。来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
- Whilst chaos and upheaval reigns in the college, what of the chaos and noise that local residents are subjected to ?当混乱和动荡笼罩着学院的时候,当地的居民们又会遭受怎样的混乱和喧嚣呢?
- I can't face the upheaval of moving house again.我无法忍受再次搬家的折腾。来自《牛津词典》
相关短语
- political upheaval 政治动乱
- secular upheaval长期缓慢上升;长期缓升;缓慢隆起
- upheaval belt隆起带
- Sulu upheaval苏鲁隆起
- Wudang upheaval武当隆起
- frost upheaval冻胀
词语扩展
词义分布
动荡
49.6%
剧变
41.6%
隆起
5.3%
大变动
3.5%
英英释义
- n.a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally)
- n.a violent disturbance
- n.(geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)
- n.disturbance usually in protest
词源
- upheaval剧变,动乱up,向上,heave,举起。引申词义剧变,动乱。
- upheavalFrom upheave + -al.