- upheaval
- [ʌp'hi:vəl]
- n. 剧变；隆起；举起
参考例子
- 1.It was a violent political upheaval.
- 这是一场激烈的政治动乱。
- 2.The mechanics of risk management are also in upheaval.
- 风险管理的过程亦在经历剧变。
- 3.And it is exacerbated by the return of millions of war refugees and by decades of upheaval that have left land tenure in chaos.
- 此外，几百万战时难民的返乡，以及数十年战乱带来的土地所有权的混乱，也都是问题恶化的主要原因。
英文解释
- n.
- 1.a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally)
- 2.a violent disturbance
- 3.(geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)
- 4.disturbance usually in protest
网络释义
- upheaval
- 隆起; 剧变; 上升; 起来;
- secular upheaval
- 缓慢隆起; 长期缓慢上升; 缓慢隆起, 长缓上升;
- climatic upheaval
- 气候激烈变化;
- upheaval WESTBANK
- 土层隆起;
- anomalous upheaval
- 异常隆起;