英 [ʌpˈhiːv(ə)l] 美 [ʌpˈhiːv(ə)l]
n. 激变，剧变；（地壳）隆起
复数upheavals
upheaval /ʌpˈhiːvəl/ TEM8
可数名词 An upheaval is a big change which causes a lot of trouble, confusion, and worry. 动乱
Algeria has been going through political upheaval for the past two months.
在过去的两个月里，阿尔及利亚一直经历着政治动乱。
a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally)
同义词： turbulence / Sturm und Drang
a violent disturbance
同义词： convulsion / turmoil
disturbance usually in protest
同义词： agitation / excitement / turmoil / hullabaloo
动乱-引用次数：5
On the other hand, the adopted sons were also important forces of the wars between vassal states and thus aggravated social upheaval.
同时,养子还是藩镇之间斗争的重要力量,加剧了社会的动乱。
参考来源唐代家庭伦理道德研究
(地壳)隆起，(岩层)移动
隆起
隆起
土层隆起
动乱
起来;上升
upheave 鼓起；举起；使隆起
He is resigned to the noise, the mess, the constant upheaval.
他对噪音、杂乱和持续动荡逆来顺受。
Algeria has been going through political upheaval for the past two months.
在过去的两个月里，阿尔及利亚一直经历着政治动乱。
Whilst chaos and upheaval reigns in the college, what of the chaos and noise that local residents are subjected to ?
当混乱和动荡笼罩着学院的时候，当地的居民们又会遭受怎样的混乱和喧嚣呢？
Another interesting formation is called the Upheaval Dome.
VOA : special.2009.04.15
Sometimes the flood seems to be the result of very heavy rain, but in other descriptions it seems to be a real cosmic upheaval.
有人说，大洪水是大雨导致的，还有人说，是因为宇宙变动引起的。
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Another upheaval within Christianity arising from its focus on individual salvation, its inheritance of a tradition of penetrating reason, applied even to matters of faith and to the continuing struggle between church and state.
这是基督教内部的另一次大变革,它所注重的是自我拯救,它对于深刻理性传统的继承,不仅在信仰中得以体现,也在政教斗争中表现的淋漓尽致
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His shooting,and the upheaval that has followed,casts doubt on whether elections rescheduled for January will be held.
VOA : standard.2009.12.07
U.S.military officials say refueling operations and transit flights have fully resumed at the Manas base, following a hiatus due to the political upheaval.
VOA : standard.2010.04.12
And Hezbollah was born after this turmoil, the upheaval that dropped(ph) Lebanese societies in the 1980s.
In the face of this much upheaval, only one thing could be riskier: standing still.
Schaufuss said the rest of the company was in "good spirits" despite the cast upheaval.