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

• But the upheavals can escalate quickly and become scarier and even cataclysmic.
  但是这些骚乱能快速升级，变得非常可怕，甚至变成大灾难。
• 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。
• Still, barring last-minute upheavals the legislation will pass through the house of Lords in a few weeks.
  但除非在最后时刻发生剧变，这项立法还是会在几周后在上院通过。
• The first three years of his presidency were characterised by August upheavals.
  在他总统任期的头三年，每年的8月份都爆发了剧变。
• The study follows others that have shown the number of baby boys goes down following major upheavals.
  无独有偶，也有一些研究表明历史上在重大剧变后男婴儿的出生数量有所下降。
• 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。
• In the past month, the world has witnessed one of the largest financial and economic upheavals in a generation.
  在过去这个月里，世界目睹了一个世代以来最重大的金融与经济动荡之一。
• Having lived through terrestrial upheavals, they have no appetite for the economic equivalent.
  已经经受着大自然的折磨了，他们可不想再忍受同等强度的经济动荡。
• They reviewed the international situation in which important changes and great upheavals are taking place and expounded their respective positions and attitudes.
  他们回顾了经历着重大变化和巨大动荡的国际形势，阐明了各自的立场和态度。
• After absorbing so many violent upheavals, indigestion seems to have set in.
  在吸纳了这么多的剧烈变化后，它们似乎开始出现了“消化不良”。