helter-skelter

noun

1. （游乐场的）螺旋滑梯
   a tall tower at a fairground that has a path twisting around the outside of it from the top to the bottom for people to slide down

adj.

1. 忙乱的；仓促的
   done in a hurry and in a way that lacks organization
   1. a helter-skelter dash to meet the deadline
      最后期限到来前的匆忙赶工

1. ADJ 匆促忙乱的;杂乱无章的
   You use helter-skelter to describe something that is hurried and disorganized, especially when things happen very quickly, one after the other.
   1. He now faces another crisis in his helter-skelter existence.
      他乱糟糟的生活中现在又面临着另一个危机。
   2. Helter-skelter is also an adverb.
      
   3. ...a panic-stricken crowd running helter-skelter to get away from the tear gas.
      争相躲避催泪瓦斯的恐慌人群

1. He now faces another crisis in his helter-skelter existence.
   他乱糟糟的生活中现在又面临着另一个危机。
2. Mr Keller sees continuity where others see helter-skelter change.
   别人眼中杂乱无章的变迁在凯勒眼里却具有连续性。
3. We live in a helter-skelter world of congestion, noise and traffic.
   我们生活在一个拥挤、喧嚣和繁忙交通的世界之中。
4. The stars are not scattered helter-skelter throughout space.
   恒星并非杂乱无章地散布在太空的。
5. She went helter-skelter down the stairs.
   她慌张地走下楼梯。
6. In truth, its free market has more in common with the US robber-baron era or the more recent helter-skelter capitalism of Russia in which fortunes were handed out and snatched away before you could reach for your gun.
   事实上，中国的自由市场更像美国的强盗资本家时期，或是后来俄罗斯混乱的资本主义：你还没来得及拔枪，财富便被瓜分抢夺一空。
7. The impact on the country's health from the environmental side-effects of China's helter-skelter industrialisation is becoming ever more evident.
   中国仓促上马的工业化在环境方面所引发的副作用，对国民健康的影响正变得前所未有的突出。
8. People were screaming and running helter-skelter down the steps to escape the flames.
   人们尖叫着，慌乱地跑下楼梯逃避火灾。
9. When the bell rang, the pupils ran helter-skelter out of the door.
   下课铃响时，学生们蜂拥冲出门去。
10. They rushed about helter-skelter collecting dung and carrying earth.
    他们忙忙乱乱地跑来跑去拾粪担土。
11. In China, which has experienced three decades of helter-skelter development, 80 per cent of respondents think income inequality is too great.
    在经历了30年仓促发展的中国，80%的受访者认为收入不均过于严重。
12. A helter-skelter kind of existence with never a pause; a pell-mell dash for the train.
    永不停歇的匆忙、混乱的生活方式；急急忙忙赶火车。
13. The last minute helter-skelter rush for the bus.
    在最后一刻争相上公共汽车时的冲挤。
14. They ran in a mad, helter-skelter fashion for the exits.
    他们慌张仓皇地冲向出口。
15. All of this might be dismissed as artistic conceit except that, behind all the official bluster about progress, the Expo has also prompted a lot of thinking about the helter-skelter modernisation that the city has undergone.
    这一切可能被斥为艺术家的自负。然而，在官方大肆宣传的进展背后，世博会也让人们对上海仓促而忙乱的现代化产生了许多想法。
16. Pieces of rubbish blowing helter-skelter across the concrete.
    在混凝土的地上被风刮来刮去的垃圾。
17. As ISPs grew helter-skelter, there was very little effort to standardize security on any level.
    当网际服务慌张成长，有非常小的努力标准化在任何的水平上的安全。
18. The movers piled the furniture helter-skelter in the living room of the new house.
    搬家的人把家具乱七八糟地堆在新房子的起居室里。

adj

1. with undue hurry and confusion
   1. a helter-skelter kind of existence with never a pause
   2. a pell-mell dash for the train

   Synonym:    pell-mell

2. lacking a visible order or organization

   Synonym:    chaotic

adv

1. haphazardly
   1. the books were piled up helter-skelter

   Synonym:    every which way