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 are they prepared to fight the new one against financial upheavals and recession?
  但是，它们准备好打一场对抗金融动荡和衰退的新战争了吗？
• 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”。
• 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。
• 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。
• 1789 was one of the great upheavals in history.
  年是历史上一个伟大的动荡的年代。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Of course, there are also big differences between the upheavals around the world.
  当然，世界各地的动荡也存在着重大差别。