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upheaval

音標[?p'hi:vl] 讀音

漢語翻譯


n. 舉起, 隆起, 大變動, 劇變

英文解釋:

名詞 upheaval:

  1. a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally)
    同義詞:turbulence, Sturm und Drang
  2. a violent disturbance
    同義詞:convulsion, turmoil
  3. (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)
    同義詞:uplift, upthrow, upthrust
  4. disturbance usually in protest
    同義詞:agitation, excitement, turmoil, hullabaloo

例句:

  1. The prediction or expectation of cataclysmic upheaval, as in political or social developments.
    巨變的預測如在政治社會發展中對劇烈變動的預測或預期
  2. The French Revolution was a volcanic upheaval in European history.
    法國大革命是歐洲歷史上的火山爆發。

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