rioting

1. N-COUNT 暴乱;骚动;暴动
   When there is a riot, a crowd of people behave violently in a public place, for example they fight, throw stones, or damage buildings and vehicles.
   1. Twelve inmates have been killed during a riot at the prison.
      12名犯人在一场监狱暴乱中被杀害。
2. VERB 闹事;发动暴乱
   If people riot, they behave violently in a public place.
   1. Last year 600 inmates rioted, starting fires and building barricades...
      去年，600名犯人闹事，他们纵火并设置路障。
   2. They rioted in protest against the government.
      他们发动暴乱，以抗议政府的行为。
3. N-SING 五颜六色;丰富多彩;各种各样
   If you say that there is a riot of something pleasant such as colour, you mean that there is a large amount of various types of it.
   1. All the cacti were in flower, so that the desert was a riot of colour...
      所有的仙人掌都开花了，整个沙漠里五彩缤纷。
   2. With Indian cuisine, you expect a riot of tastes and spices.
      印度菜肴口味丰富，并添加各种香料。
4. PHRASE 严厉警告…停止闹事;严厉警告…注意言行
   If someone in authority reads you the riot act, they tell you that you will be punished unless you start behaving properly.
   1. I'm glad you read the riot act to Billy. He's still a kid and still needs to be told what to do.
      我很高兴你警告比利不许胡闹。他还是个孩子，仍然需要有人告诉他该做什么。
5. PHRASE 失去控制;变得狂乱;无法无天
   If people run riot, they behave in a wild and uncontrolled manner.
   1. Rampaging prisoners ran riot through Strangeways jail.
      斯特兰韦斯监狱里那些狂暴的囚犯们全都失去了控制。
6. PHRASE (想象力等)狂野，不受拘束，任意发挥
   If something such as your imagination runs riot, it is not limited or controlled, and produces ideas that are new or exciting, rather than sensible.
   1. A conservatory offers the perfect excuse to let your imagination run riot.
      音乐学院让你有充分的理由任想象力自由驰骋。
   2. We have no proof and when there is no proof, rumour runs riot.
      我们没有证据，只要没有证据，谣言就会满天飞。

1. The nation is in disarray following rioting led by the military
   军队发动暴乱之后国家陷入混乱中。
2. The streets are still full of debris from two nights of rioting.
   街道上仍到处可见连续两晚的骚乱留下的残迹。
3. His conviction caused rioting in the streets.
   他被判有罪，引起了街头骚动。
4. High food prices have increased hunger and poverty and produced rioting in some countries.
   我对在美国正在发生的暴乱并不感到羞耻，这使我很吃惊。
5. David Cameron is promising a social fightback in response to the rioting and looting in England last week.
   戴维卡梅伦承诺为防止上周发生在英国的骚乱重演，将展开社会反击战，重整社会秩序。
6. Students were rioting everywhere in1968.
   1968年学生们到处闹事。
7. Several harmless spectators were wounded during the rioting.
   几名无辜的旁观者在骚乱中受了伤。
8. Rioting broke out when their demands were not met, the witnesses said.
   但要求未被满足，产生了此次暴力事件。
9. In Scotland, Wales and north-east England, which have small black populations, there was no rioting.
   然而在Scotland，Wales以及英国东北部，由于黑人数量较少，因此没有骚乱发生。
10. Rioting students belabored by squads of police officers;
    闹事的学生被一队警察痛打一顿；
11. He spoke calmly to the rioting students.
    他冷静地跟闹事的学生谈话。
12. The financial cost, after four days of rioting, is hard to calculate.
    而四天骚乱之后，所损失的财产代价，也是难以估量的。
13. A mob was rioting against the municipal government.
    一群暴民闹事反对市政府。
14. It is still a huge leap, however, to go from a little light rioting and some international trade tensions to the rampant nationalism and war of the 1930s.
    不过，从零星的轻微骚乱和少许的国际贸易紧张局势，发展到30年代民族主义盛行和战争的局面，仍有相当大的距离。
15. There's been rioting and burning in a place called Watts.
    一个叫瓦茨的地方，一直在发生骚乱和焚烧事件。
16. There have been further disturbances in parts of Britain after the unprecedented wave of rioting and looting that brought chaos to several cities on Monday night.
    周一晚上，在经历前所未有的骚乱和劫掠风波为几座城市带来的混乱之后，英国部分地区又出现了进一步的骚动。
17. Some of those who dare to take the lead in rioting may become useful people through education.
    有些人敢于带头闹，经过教育，可能成为有用之材。
18. The rioting came to a climax when the mob overthrew a police car.
    暴民们推翻了一辆警车，这时，动乱达到了高潮。
19. Am they tried to organize a memorial service for students slain in the rioting.
    他们试图为在骚乱中被杀的学生组织追悼仪式。
20. Students are rioting in the streets of the capital.
    学生们正在首都的街道上闹事。
21. Also this month, rioting erupted at a petrol station in the coastal city of Ningbo.
    此外，本月海滨城市宁波的某加油站也发生了冲突。
22. Explain the meaning of moral and emotional rioting.
    解释道德和情感骚动的含义。
23. The police action touched off another night of rioting.
    警察的行动触发了又一次晚间骚乱。
24. They were rioting all night after the boat race.
    赛船后他们彻夜欢闹。
25. We've got to put a stop to this rioting.
    我们得使这场骚乱停息下来。
26. The birds were fairly rioting by this time.
    这时很多鸟儿叽叽喳喳闹得更欢了。
27. Rioting broke out immediately in Bombay.
    甘地刚遇刺，孟买就爆发了一场骚乱。
28. My own lack of shame in the rioting then taking place in America surprised me.
    目前没有发生类似于抢掠和骚乱这样的事件。

noun

1. a state of disorder involving group violence

   Synonym:    riot