youthquake
noun[Cusually singular]
uk/ˈjuːθ.kweɪk/us/ˈjuːθ.kweɪk/animportantsocialorpoliticalchangethat isstartedbyyoungpeople:
青年运动大冲击，青年大骚动Somecommentatorspredicta "youthquake" in the comingelections.有评论家预测，在即将到来的选举中，会有一场“青年大骚动”。
There's a youthquake going on and itstartedonline.发生了一场青年运动大冲击，是从网上开始的。
- He writes that the youthquake of the 1960spulleddownsocialbarriersandoverthrewelitism.
- We were the youthquake: thesexualrevolution,popmusic, thestartof thetechnologicalage.
- Theterm"youthquake" wascoinedin 1965 by Diana Vreeland, theneditorof Voguemagazine.
- Peoplequicklyattributed the party'ssuccessto a "youthquake".
Change and changes
- adjustment
- alteration
- anti-evolutionism
- be ahead of the curveidiom
- blip
- flip-flop
- fluctuation
- gradation
- gyrate
- gyration
- inconstancy
- reversal
- reversion
- revolution
- rhythm
- sea change
- unsteady
- untick
- variation
- vicissitudes