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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The slower upheavals grind away over the course of decades, subtly transforming the way we live and work.
  而那些较为缓慢的变化则往往持续数十年，在不知不觉中改变我们的生活和工作方式。