upheaval
n. 突变,剧变; [地]隆起; 举起,抬起
An upheaval is a big change which causes a lot of trouble, confusion, and worry.
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。
1. a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally);
2. a violent disturbance;
3. (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)
4. disturbance usually in protest
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.