unrest

英 [ʌnˈrest]

美 [ʌnˈrest]

n.  动荡; 动乱; 骚动

复数：unrests　

高考IELTSTEM8医学

Collins.2 / BNC.6135 / COCA.8995

牛津词典

noun

• 动荡；动乱；骚动
  a political situation in which people are angry and likely to protest or fight
  1. industrial/civil/social/political/popular unrest
     工业 / 平民 / 社会 / 政治 / 民众动乱
  2. There is growing unrest in the south of the country.
     这个国家的南方日益动荡不安。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 动乱；骚乱；动荡
  If there isunrestin a particular place or society, people are expressing anger and dissatisfaction about something, often by demonstrating or rioting.
  1. The real danger is civil unrest in the east of the country...
     真正的危险是该国东部地区的民众动乱。
  2. There is growing unrest among students in several major cities.
     在多个大城市里，学生骚乱正愈演愈烈。

英英释义

noun

• a feeling of restless agitation
• a state of agitation or turbulent change or development
  1. the political ferment produced new leadership
  2. social unrest
  Synonym:agitationfermentfermentationtempestuousness

双语例句

• Of this unrest I myself saw nothing.
  在这些动乱中我自己却什么也没见着。
• President Obama discussed the political unrest in the Middle East and North Africa in a speech Thursday in Washington.
  奥巴马周四在华盛顿的一次演讲中谈到了中东和北非的政治动荡。
• After the war, the country experienced social and economic unrest and suffered from the Great Depression of the1930s.
  战后国家经历了社会和经济的动荡，遭受了30年代大萧条的苦难。
• It was a year of unrest among the country's many nationalities.
  对于那个国家的许多民族而言那是不平静的一年。
• He is acutely conscious that this transition will bring with it the risk of social unrest.
  他非常清楚这种转变伴随着社会动乱的危险。
• The unrest has cast a pall over what is usually a day of national rejoicing
  动荡的局势给往常举国欢庆的日子蒙上了阴影。
• There are growing signs of more broadly-based popular unrest.
  越来越多的迹象表明，民众骚乱呈现扩大化趋势。
• This spirit of unrest touches every one.
  这种彷徨不安的心理好像把什么人都传染上了。
• The unrest capped a weekend of right-wing attacks on foreigners.
  周末右翼分子对外国人的攻击最终演变成了这场骚乱。
• A faltering economy and a recent wave of labour unrest have affected the new party's popularity.
  停滞不前的经济和最近的一次劳工骚乱浪潮影响了新政党的声望。