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
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.- ...the maelstrom of ethnic hatreds and vendetta politics...
种族仇恨与政治宿怨造成的大动乱 - Inside, she was a maelstrom of churning emotions.
她心中的情感似波涛汹涌，起伏不定。
- ...the maelstrom of ethnic hatreds and vendetta politics...
英英释义
noun
- a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides)
双语例句
- 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。 - Maelstrom Weapon now affects Hex.
漩涡武器现在作用于妖术。 - Most immediately, the maelstrom on Wall Street has transformed the US election campaign.
几乎是同时，华尔街崩溃改变了美国总统大选。 - 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？ - Inside, she was a maelstrom of churning emotions.
她心中的情感似波涛汹涌，起伏不定。 - Mr Dale believes that, caught up in this maelstrom of fads, managers can overlook the obvious-hence the title of his book.
戴尔认为，由于陷入了这种时尚漩涡，经理人可能会忽视那些浅显的道理他这本书由此得名。 - The square is a maelstrom of crowds, buses, and taxis.
广场上混乱不堪，到处是人群、公共汽车和出租车。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。