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单词 turmoil
释义
turmoil
noun[SorU]
uk
/ˈtɜː.mɔɪl/us
/ˈtɝː.mɔɪl/
C2
astateofconfusion,uncertainty, ordisorder:
混乱，骚乱，动乱
Thewholeregionisinturmoil.整个地区一片混乱。
Thecountryis in astateofpoliticalturmoil.该国正处于政治动荡中。
The Stock Exchange isinturmoilfollowingahugewaveofselling.在经历了一场抛售狂潮后，股市正处于动荡之中。
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Confusion, confusing and feeling confused
(Definition ofturmoilfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

turmoil| American Dictionary

turmoil
noun[U]
us
/ˈtɜr·mɔɪl/
astateofextremeconfusion,uncertainty, orlackoforder:
Hermindwas in turmoil.
Shegrewup in the turmoil of the 1960s.
(Definition ofturmoilfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofturmoil

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A really good question speaks from common sense and, because it does, the results can be expected to produce vast socialturmoil.
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Instead, it was a series of ad hoc measures implemented in a struggle to prevent chaos and to stop revolutionaryturmoil.
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I reached this conclusion with substantial unease andturmoil.
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It was written in years of extraordinary economic expansion and revolutionaryturmoil.
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The daughters, on the other hand, grew up during times of rapid change andturmoilbut experienced relative abundance.
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Shortly before passage,turmoilover private benefits was intense and interest in state measures heightened.
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The dynamics of the party system may either inhibit or exacerbateturmoiland violence.
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Even the dream of it has brought to the country division,turmoiland tyranny.
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But prefects, like nonofficeholding students, were divided and played ambiguous roles in theturmoil.
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In theturmoilof the sixties and early seventies, however, such voices were by no means unchallenged.
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These hesitations and waverings do sometimes occur, and they made behaviorists uncomfortable because they suggested that animals might be in mentalturmoilover difficult trials.
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The huge initial costs of the program and theturmoilof the late 1960s pushed any expansion of the program off the immediate political agenda.
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It took several years of economicturmoilbefore the uniform cost-of-living adjustment was finally abolished and its promoters admitted their mistake.
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Instead of high economic growth and national development, we have seen a series of economic crises, the collapse of states, and religious and ethnicturmoil.
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Reforms usually occur in a context of politicalturmoiland chaos, with interest groups being challenged and decisions being made at an accelerated pace.
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Collocationswithturmoil

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economic turmoil
However, aseconomicturmoilincreased, the government grew increasingly autocratic.
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emotional turmoil
This could have been due to bringing out issues that stirredemotionalturmoilwithout resolving them.
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inner turmoil
Medea'sinnerturmoilwas conveyed through the use of contrasting rhythms.
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