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
• 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

• Last autumn, amid the maelstrom of the financial crisis, it seemed that fundamental change was afoot.
  去年秋季，当金融危机肆虐之际，某种根本改革似乎正在酝酿之中。
• 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。
• Hong Kong, the Philippines, Singapore and Taiwan were also hit by the maelstrom.
  香港、律宾、加坡和台湾同样遭到了风暴的打击。
• Arrive at dusk, having walked through the nearby hutongs, and you can forget the maelstrom of development that has swallowed up most of the old city.
  当你穿过附近的胡同，黄昏时分漫步到那里时，你可以忘却正在或已经发生的灾难性发展，这种发展已经让老北京城的大部分风貌不复存在了。
• 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。
• 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。
• The maelstrom of drug-related violence that is engulfing Mexico has produced exaggerated, sometimes xenophobic, alarm in parts of the United States.
  毒品有关的暴力犯罪所导致的混乱正在吞噬着墨西哥，并且形势在美国人心里被进一步夸大，使得美国人对墨西哥产生了恐惧和害怕心理。
• The maelstrom sucked in the canoe.
  大漩涡吞没了独木舟。
• Certain that the maelstrom of words will not spirit me away.
  肯定那词语的大漩涡绑不走我。
• In this maelstrom, long-lived political dynasties, venerable institutions, and hundred-year-old business models are all at risk.
  在变革这个大漩涡中，长期存在的政权、古老的机构和历经百年的商业模式都将面临风险。