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词汇 upheaval
释义 upheaval
noun[ C or U ]
uk /ʌpˈhiː.vəl/ us /ʌpˈhiː.vəl/
a great change, especially causing or involving much difficulty, activity, or trouble: 激变;动荡;剧变
Yesterday's coup brought further upheaval to a country already struggling with famine.昨天的军事政变使这个正在饥荒中挣扎的国家更加动荡不安。
I'm not sure it's worth the upheaval of moving to gain just a little more space.我怀疑费这么大力气搬家就为了得到多一点空间是不是值得。
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upheaval | American Dictionary


upheaval
noun[ C/U ]
us/ˌʌpˈhi·vəl/
(a) great change, causing or involving difficulty or trouble:
[ U ]The long garbage strike in 1970 caused much political upheaval.

Examples of upheaval


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As it would appear, nothing is better suited to prevent a revolutionary upheaval than the licensed revolt enacted in carnival.
Yet rap provided an even bigger threat through its controversial lyrics and themes of violence and political upheaval.
Finally, the political and economic upheaval undermined many of the principles the reformers stood for.
The explanation may lie in the paucity of private collections or in their loss during the upheavals of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Even though most admissions are for a trial period, in reality many barriers prevent between-home transfers, not least the wish to avoid another upheaval.
These concerns are particularly pertinent at a time when welfare arrangements for old people are undergoing major upheavals.
Since the early 1970s, the region seems to have been widely beset by civil wars, political upheavals, famines and other natural disasters.
Continuing upheavals in provincial leadership - and there were further signs - raised questions about the capacity of the central government itself.
Older traditions were inevitably seen as dead and buried in the years of upheaval because of historical gaps spanning several generations.
Philosophy, after all, as he points out, was how contemporaries themselves-both proponents and opponents-explained the origins of the upheaval initiated in 1789.
The major upheavals of the immediate post-war years had subsided, although instabilities remained.
A shared regional perception of how the world is changing would facilitate adaptation to such changes, and this could minimize social upheaval and disintegration.
Meteors were neither the natural cause of social and political upheavals here on earth, nor even signs for such occurrences.
The upheavals of 1913-14 had a profoundly radicalizing impact on him.
This latter transformation was contemporary with a period characterized by major political upheaval and subsequent recovery.
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Collocations withupheaval


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economic upheaval
Finally, the political and economicupheaval undermined many of the principles the reformers stood for.
emotional upheaval
Adolescence is a time of physical change and, often, emotionalupheaval.
great upheaval
There was a greatupheaval in pension arrangements between 1981 and 1998.
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