| 词汇 | topsy-turvy |
| 释义 | topsy-turvy adjective, adverb informaluk /ˌtɒp.siˈtɜː.vi/ us /ˌtɑːp.siˈtɝː.vi/ (in a state of being) confused, not well organized, or giving importance to unexpected things: 颠三倒四的（地），乱七八糟的（地），杂乱无章的（地） The government's topsy-turvy priorities mean that spending on education remains low.政府在确定哪些项目优先时毫无章法，这就意味着教育经费依然很低。 Synonyms chaotic confused disorderly higgledy-piggledyinformal Confusion, confusing and feeling confused addled all of a doodahidiom all over the placeidiom alphabet soup at seaidiom disarray discombobulation disordered disorganization disorganized muddle muddle something up muddle-headed muddled mush unaccountable unaccountably unexplainable unexplained unsearchable topsy-turvy | American Dictionarytopsy-turvy adjective infmlus/ˈtɑp·siˈtɜr·vi/ confused, or lacking organization; upside down: Things are so topsy-turvy at work these days. Examples of topsy-turvytopsy-turvy None of these revisions would have been possible had the insurance market continued to spiral in the topsy-turvy fashion of the 1850s. Through this strangely ordered chaos of specimens, this topsy-turvy, disparate world is homogenized into a dense space that overrides the history of the individual objects. So from ignorance these people say these topsy-turvy things. I am not arguing for a topsy-turvy, unlimited, uninhibited advance of freedom of trade. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A more topsy-turvy method of dealing with social reform was never dreamt of. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is topsy-turvy and makes confidence in their proclaimed battle against inflation impossible. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Surely many other schemes of the same sort for generating power may be turned completely topsy-turvy when the use of atomic energy is fully developed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have experienced the same crazy, topsy-turvy situation before. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 After all, if matters are equally balanced in this topsy-turvy world the owner should be the man with the first claim. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The whole of this discussion is getting topsy-turvy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This seems to me to be somewhat topsy-turvy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is a most topsy-turvy way of looking at our attitude. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We shall have to contemplate a radical overhaul of the labour market, including far-reaching changes in the whole topsy-turvy tax benefit system. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is the sort of topsy-turvy world we now have. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is rather a topsy-turvy state of things. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of topsy-turvy These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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