upheaval

音标[ʌp'hi:vl] upheaval是什么意思、upheaval怎么读

upheaval英语解释

名词 upheaval:

1. a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally)同义词：turbulence, Sturm und Drang
2. a violent disturbance同义词：convulsion, turmoil
3. (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)同义词：uplift, upthrow, upthrust
4. disturbance usually in protest同义词：agitation, excitement, turmoil, hullabaloo

upheaval例句

1. The prediction or expectation of cataclysmic upheaval, as in political or social developments.巨变的预测如在政治或社会发展中对剧烈变动的预测或预期
2. The French Revolution was a volcanic upheaval in European history.法国大革命是欧洲历史上的火山爆发。

upheaval汉语翻译

n. 举起, 隆起, 大变动, 剧变