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

• 1789 was one of the great upheavals in history.
  年是历史上一个伟大的动荡的年代。
• Upheavals may occupy your day.
  你的生活可能会发生剧变；
• Their fear of reversals and upheavals is fully understandable.
  他们这种怕反复、怕折腾的心情是完全可以理解的。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Had the oil price undergone similar upheavals it would have provoked endless discussion.
  若是石油价格经历如此的动荡起伏，那将引发无休止的讨论。