upheavals

英 [ʌpˈhiːvəlz]

美 [əpˈhivəlz]

n.  剧变; 激变; 动乱; 动荡
upheaval的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 激变；剧变；动乱
  Anupheavalis a big change which causes a lot of trouble, confusion, and worry.
  1. Wherever there is political upheaval, invariably there are refugees...
     哪里有政治动乱，哪里就一定有难民。
  2. 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。

双语例句

• Their homes will most probably be destroyed in the upheavals that are inevitable.
  他们的房屋绝大多数可能将会在不可避免的大变动期间被毁坏。
• That is why many mediocre employees survive violent corporate upheavals while people of great talent are being laid off.
  这就是为什么许多平平庸庸的公司雇员在大调整中保住了位置，而有才能的人反到下岗。
• This is impossible to measure precisely, particularly after recent upheavals.
  对此精确衡量是不可能的，尤其是在最近的动荡之后。
• The sector is facing huge cyclical and structural upheavals.
  该行业正面临巨大的周期性和结构性变革。
• Upheavals in the workplace can undermine employees 'sense of security, particularly if redundancy is not a one-off.
  工作场所的剧变会削弱员工的安全感，尤其是在裁员不是一次性的时候。
• With the upheavals in world capital markets, pure free-market policies are facing more criticism.
  随着目前全球资本市场动荡不安，纯粹自由市场政策目前面临着越来越多的批评声。
• While the world is preoccupied with upheavals in financial markets and the US primary elections, we should not forget a strategic issue of enormous importance.
  尽管现在全世界都在关注金融市场的剧变和美国的初选，但我们不应忘记一个极其重要的战略问题。
• Such great changes always bring huge social upheavals.
  此类巨大变化总是会带来严重的社会动荡。
• The riots and political upheavals in Greece suggest what would happen elsewhere if the Brussels bureaucracy and German Chancellor came to dominate national economic policies.
  希腊的骚乱和政治动荡表明，如果欧盟官僚机构和德国总理主宰了各国经济政策，这些国家将会发生什么情况。
• The whole of Africa had been buffeted by social and political upheavals.
  整个非洲都经受了社会和政治动荡之苦。