upheaval

noun

1. 剧变；激变；动乱；动荡
   a big change that causes a lot of confusion, worry and problems
   1. the latest upheavals in the education system
      最近教育制度上的种种变更
   2. I can't face the upheaval of moving house again.
      我无法忍受再次搬家的折腾。
   3. a period of emotional upheaval
      情绪波动很大的时期

1. N-COUNT 激变；剧变；动乱
   An upheaval is 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。

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。
3. In such conditions a domestic upheaval in any country can cause a major shift in international alignments.
   在这种情况下，任何国家内部的大动乱都可能引起国际阵容的重大改革。
4. He made possible a revolution in world economics and an upheaval in the world balance of power.
   他使世界经济发生了一场革命，打乱了世界力量的平衡。
5. Obviously, the court had been profoundly influenced by the progressive upheaval.
   显然，法院已深受进步激变的影响。
6. This must be carried out without social upheaval.
   这项政策必须在不发生社会动荡的情况下推行下去。
7. Investors and tourists are waiting out the upheaval.
   投资者和旅游者们都在等待动荡的结束。
8. But this fall's economic upheaval has had a powerful effect on consumer behavior.
   但是，这个秋天的经济动荡的确对公众的消费习惯产生了很大的影响。
9. The risk that a bigger eurozone upheaval would cause a global crisis is real.
   如果欧元区出现更大的动荡，将导致一场全球性危机，这是一种现实的风险。
10. And the political upheaval in Greece is prompting talk about the stability of the 19-country euro currency union.
    此外，希腊的政治动荡也引发了对有19个成员国的欧元区的稳定性的讨论。
11. The two-party system is falling victim to social and economic upheaval.
    两党制正沦为社会和经济动荡的牺牲品。
12. Upheaval in global energy markets – especially the shale gas revolution – is one reason.
    全球能源市场的剧变（特别是页岩气革命）是一个原因。
13. All revolutionary upheaval and transition from tyranny is.
    所有革命性的剧变和摆脱专制的过渡都会经历这样的时刻。
14. This is a time of upheaval.
    这是一个动荡的时代。
15. Realise that you need to work with the people you have; catastrophic upheaval is not good.
    你要意识到，你需要和现有的这些人一起工作；闹个天翻地覆没什么好处。
16. We have put an end to the social unrest and upheaval of that time.
    我们结束了那个时期的社会动荡和纷扰不安的局面。
17. Great changes in the way that the economy was regulated and managed were often provoked by cataclysmic upheaval.
    灾难性的动荡往往导致经济监管和管理的方式发生重大变化。
18. Lawrence lived his relatively short life during a period of social and political upheaval.
    劳伦斯比较短促的一生，正处在社会和政治大动荡的时期。
19. There is in fact major upheaval behind the scenes.
    事实上幕后已经有了重大剧变。
20. They have brought social upheaval and violent conflict into the country.
    他们给国家带来了社会动乱和暴力冲突。
21. My room is in a state of upheaval because my little sister is moving in.
    因为我妹妹住进来了，我的房间发生了剧变。
22. Currency markets were in upheaval.
    外汇市场也陷入了动荡。
23. Eurozone finance ministers met in Brussels last night to address both the Italian and Greek upheaval.
    欧元区国家财长昨晚在布鲁塞尔召开会议，讨论了意大利和希腊的动荡局势。
24. Inequity is probably part of any development process but too much inequity generates instability, political and social upheaval.
    不平等几乎是所有发展过程的一部分，但过多的不平等会带来不稳定、政治和社会动乱。
25. But, given the crisis, such an upheaval is the least we should fear.
    但鉴于此次危机，这种剧变是我们最不应畏惧的。
26. It was a violent political upheaval.
    这是一场激烈的政治动乱。
27. The upheaval in publishing has been mirrored by a similar consolidation of book sellers and distributors.
    图书零售商和批发商如出一辙的合并反映了出版业的剧变。
28. The Cainozoic period, was a period of upheaval and extreme volcanic activity.
    新生代是一个充满了地壳巨变和剧烈火山活动的时期。
29. But the government was not seriously challenged by the upheaval.
    但政府并未受到这一动荡的严重挑战。
30. The crisis of 2008 was the first such upheaval for 30 years.
    2008年的粮食危机，是30年来首次出现这种规模的动荡。

noun

1. disturbance usually in protest

   Synonym:    agitationexcitementturmoilhullabaloo

2. (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)

   Synonym:    upliftupthrowupthrust

3. a violent disturbance
   1. the convulsions of the stock market

   Synonym:    convulsionturmoil

4. a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally)
   1. the industrial revolution was a period of great turbulence

   Synonym:    turbulenceSturm und Drang