Noun:

1. a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally);

   "the industrial revolution was a period of great turbulence"
   

2. a violent disturbance;

   "the convulsions of the stock market"
   

3. (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)

4. disturbance usually in protest

1.激变；剧变；动乱
Anupheaval is a big change which causes a lot of trouble, confusion, and worry.

upheaval的近义词

e.g. Wherever there is politicalupheaval, invariably there are refugees...
哪里有政治动乱，哪里就一定有难民。
e.g. Having a baby will mean the greatestupheaval in your life.
有了孩子意味着你的生活要发生重大的变化。

1. 隆起：updraft 向上气流 |upheaval 隆起 | uphill sloping profile 升坡剖面

2. 隆起;上升：upgrowth 生长 |upheaval 隆起;上升 | uphill 上升;坡度;上升的

3.

3. 剧变,动乱：uneasy不稳定 |upheaval剧变,动乱 | uprise起义,暴动

The French Revolution was a volcanic upheaval in European history.

法国大革命是欧洲历史上的一次剧变。

It was a terrible upheaval when his father died.

他父亲去世时家里一团糟。

I can't face the upheaval of moving house again.

我无法忍受再次搬家的折腾。

Many years ago, Johnson faced a major upheaval in his life.

许多年前，约翰逊遭遇生命中的剧变。

A drastic interest-rate cut this week coincided with stockmarket upheaval.

伴随着本周利率的大幅降低而来的是证券市场有力的反弹。

Mass unemployment may lead to social upheaval.

大批失业会导致社会动乱。

It was a violent political upheaval.

这是一场激烈的政治动乱。

The country has been thrown into an upheaval.

这个国家已经陷入动乱之中。

the latest upheavals in the education system

最近教育制度上的种种变更

I can't face the upheaval of moving house again.

我无法忍受再次搬家的折腾。

a period of emotional upheaval

情绪波动很大的时期

Wherever there is political upheaval, invariably there are refugees...

哪里有政治动乱，哪里就一定有难民。

Having a baby will mean the greatest upheaval in your life.

有了孩子意味着你的生活要发生重大的变化。

Faced with upheaval , City scrapped its admissions standards altogether.

面对突入起来的变化, 城市大学完全改变了他的招生标准.

The country had just emerged from a decade of enormous social, economic and political upheaval.

这个国家刚刚摆脱了十年巨大的社会 、 经济和政治动荡.

The telescope, however, did not have the resolution to view the upheaval in fine detail.

然而望远镜却不具备展现剧变细节的分辨率.

upheaval is also the right world for the domestic transformation.

同时,剧变也是形容中国国内变化的恰当词汇.

It was a violent political upheaval.

这是一场激烈的政治动乱.

These two steel towns have an unusual kinship, spanning 5,000 miles and a decade economic upheaval.

尽管相隔5000多英里,而且时间上前后也隔了十来年,但这两个钢铁生产城市有着不同寻常的血缘关系.

Hitler described the Yugoslav situation after the upheaval.

希特勒描述了这次剧变后南斯拉夫的局势.

Drow society revolves around Lolth, though it means a constant state of civil upheaval.

卓尔社会的一切都是围绕着罗丝进行的, 虽然这也意味着这个文明永远都在动乱的状态.

The last 30 years social upheaval are also over.

过去30年的社会动荡也要结束了.

Mass unemployment may lead to social upheaval.

大批失业会导致社会动乱.

Leipzig is currently experiencing a time of social upheaval.

目前,莱比锡正处于一个社会剧变期.

Suddenly amid all the upheaval, my throat caught.

正在翻相倒柜时.我突然哽咽住了.

He had a finger in every major upheaval of the last ten years.

近10年来,他参与了每一次重大的动乱.

With East European upheaval and Soviet disorganization, the world socialism failed in succession.

东欧剧变,苏联解体, 世界社会主义败退出现多米诺骨牌之势.

But Rutas was torn asunder by a volcanic upheaval and sent to the ocean depths.

但是,鲁达斯被火山剧变撕成碎片,沉入海洋深处.

The political upheaval in Kenya has pushed tea prices higher.

肯尼亚政局动荡,导致茶叶价格上涨.

Taken together, they show that the industry's leaders are bracing themselves for a period of upheaval.

总之, 他们已经显示出整个行业的领导人正积极应对未来行业的大变动.

It was 1968 , a year of tremendous political and social upheaval in the US.

当时是1968年, 美国正处于政治和社会急剧变革之际.

The country has been thrown into an upheaval.

这个国家已经陷入动乱之中.

Flood Nanbu Dao , SARS Nanbu Dao , in Olympic year snowstorm seismic upheaval it all Nanbu Dao!

洪水难不倒, 非典难不倒, 在奥运之年雪灾地震动乱一切的一切都难不倒中国!

One obvious objection is that it would impose a massive upheaval in finance.

一个明显的反对理由是,这将造成金融业的剧变.

We have put an end to the social unrest and upheaval of that time.

我们结束了那个时期的社会动荡和纷扰不安的局面.

This is a love story played against a backdrop of political and religious upheaval.

这是一个发生在政治和宗教动荡背景下的一个爱情故事.

It was faced with the greatest social upheaval since World War 'u2161.

它面临第二次世界大战以来最大的社会动乱.

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• Unfamiliar with the current upheavals in the Roman Church.

  出自：A. T. Ellis

• Soon will come a major upheaval in the form of war or revolution.

  出自：H. Carpenter