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

• Strange as it may seem to say in the midst of the present maelstrom, standards in public life have probably risen; but so have public expectations.
  尽管在当前的风波中这样说似乎有些奇怪，但公共生活的水准很可能已经提高；当然，公众的预期同样提高了。
• 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 Soviet union, which has not been drawn into the maelstrom of this imperialist war, is the supporter of all the oppressed people and all the oppressed nations of the world.
  没有卷入帝国主义战争漩涡的苏联，是全世界一切被压迫人民和被压迫民族的援助者。
• Who was flying patrol with Kara Thrace the first time she dove into the strange storm in "Maelstrom"?
  在“漩涡”一集中，卡拉瑟瑞斯第一次俯冲入那个奇怪的风暴时，谁和她一起巡逻？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• In many organizations, projects are often excessively late and over budget, and the benefits of better methods and tools cannot be realized in the maelstrom of an undisciplined, chaotic project.
  在许多软件开发组织中，项目延期、超支；在无纪律性，混乱的项目旋涡中，一种更好的方法和工具没能得到实现和应用。
• 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。
• Certain that the maelstrom of words will not spirit me away.
  肯定那词语的大漩涡绑不走我。