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maelstrom

英 [ˈmeɪlstrɒm]

美 [ˈmeɪlstrɑːm]

n.  (思想、感情、事态的)混乱,骚乱,动乱; 大旋涡

复数:maelstroms 

GRE

BNC.20136 / COCA.19331

牛津词典

    noun

    • (思想、感情、事态的)混乱,骚乱,动乱
      a situation full of strong emotions or confusing events, that is hard to control and makes you feel frightened
      1. 大旋涡
        a very strong current of water that moves in circles

        柯林斯词典

        • N-COUNT 大动乱;极度混乱状态;混乱不堪
          If you describe a situation as amaelstrom, you mean that it is very confused or violent.
          1. ...the maelstrom of ethnic hatreds and vendetta politics...
            种族仇恨与政治宿怨造成的大动乱
          2. Inside, she was a maelstrom of churning emotions.
            她心中的情感似波涛汹涌,起伏不定。

        英英释义

        noun

        • a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides)
            Synonym:whirlpoolvortex

          双语例句

          • This era of peace was only a prelude to the maelstrom of the Warring States Period.
            这个时代的和平只是一个序幕,相邻的战国时期。
          • The boat flipped and hurled its passengers into the maelstrom.
            这时,小船翻转过来,把上面的乘客都甩进了大漩涡之中。
          • Most immediately, the maelstrom on Wall Street has transformed the US election campaign.
            几乎是同时,华尔街崩溃改变了美国总统大选。
          • Mr Dale believes that, caught up in this maelstrom of fads, managers can overlook the obvious-hence the title of his book.
            戴尔认为,由于陷入了这种时尚漩涡,经理人可能会忽视那些浅显的道理他这本书由此得名。
          • He is a native of Beijing, a city that is an international cultural maelstrom, has developed media, gathers all the elites, and gave him a broader and more global vision, a possibility to go beyond.
            作为土生土长的北京人,国际大都会的文化漩涡,发达的媒体,精英荟萃的各界人士,为他提供了更开阔更具整体性的视点,和深入的可能。
          • Inside, she was a maelstrom of churning emotions.
            她心中的情感似波涛汹涌,起伏不定。
          • The maelstrom sucked in the canoe.
            大漩涡吞没了独木舟。
          • Out there in the South Seas there are islands, there's out where the Maelstrom is.
            除此之外还有南海以及那里的岛屿,还有大漩涡所在的地方。
          • Maelstrom Weapon: Tooltips corrected to correctly describe the chance for this talent to be triggered.
            漩涡武器:正确显示了该天赋被触发的技能说明。
          • So far the economy is co-operating: earnings at most US companies are holding up despite the credit maelstrom.
            迄今为止,经济面比较配合:尽管信贷市场波动剧烈,但多数美国企业的业绩仍得到支撑。