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单词 upheaval
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Definition of upheaval in English:

upheaval

nounʌpˈhiːv(ə)lˌəpˈhivəl
  • 1A violent or sudden change or disruption to something.

    major upheavals in the financial markets
    mass noun times of political upheaval
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Marx's own time was similarly marked by a series of turbulent social, political, and economic upheavals, all of which helped shape and produce Marxism.
    • Despite the upheaval, revenue continues to grow, as do jobs however, in many cases those jobs are changing.
    • Much of the initial enthusiasm had cooled when the fall of the Bastille was followed by continued upheavals.
    • Have there been any upheavals in the recent past?
    • But during the political upheavals she found herself a stateless person and was granted British citizenship, though she still returns to Malawi from time to time to visit her family.
    • In many European countries major political upheavals and wars since the 18th century caused dispersion of cultural artefacts such as portraits throughout the world.
    • To understand deviance and crime one needs to be aware of what constitutes normality, a task which became increasingly difficult as social upheavals continued through the early 1990s when the fieldwork was conducted.
    • However, this growing opposition did not erupt in open upheavals or mass strikes, at least as far as I can judge.
    • Few people believed that the Empire could continue unchanged after the upheavals of the war.
    • ‘There are continuing upheavals in Africa,’ he says.
    • The recent upheavals were so unpopular that it would be a brave government to implement anything like that again.
    • Despite this, a long and complicated number of coups and upheavals continued in the country.
    • After a series of scandals and upheavals that occurred in the 1980s this huge economic conglomerate totally collapsed.
    • These internal upheavals have displaced millions of desperate people who cross borders searching for freedom and protection.
    • The arrival of Timothy's new friends had not been the only upheaval in his recent experiences.
    • It is clear from the major upheavals faced by farming in recent years that agriculture is changing.
    • ‘The recent upheavals have demonstrated the danger the sector faced from not being aware of the importance of facts and figures,’ McDonnell said.
    • Even after Napoleon had been consigned to his island prison on Saint Helena the upheaval continued unabated.
    • Despite subsequent upheavals, the French have never seriously considered restoring the monarchy since.
    • Her books, bearing ambitious titles such as Women, Resistance and Revolution, helped shape one of the biggest political upheavals of the 20th century.
    Synonyms
    disruption, upset, disturbance, trouble, turbulence
    disorder, disorganization, confusion, turmoil, pandemonium, bedlam, furore, uproar, disarray, chaos, mayhem, cataclysm
    revolution, violent change, sudden change
  • 2An upward displacement of part of the earth's crust.

    the first upheaval produced a hill which was called Roof Mountain
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Formed by volcanic upheavals, the island sits atop 100-foot cliffs rising straight out of deep ocean.
    • Since being exposed through the earth's upheavals on the top of a mountain in Antarctica, the rest of the fish's body had now unfortunately been eroded away.
    • Over eons these sediments became buried beneath layers of mud and ash caused by forest fires, more volcanic eruptions, rains and upheavals.
    • The ancient earth was prepared through thousands of years of geologic upheaval.
    • The geological upheavals that divided rivers and river basins provided opportunities for speciation when fish populations were isolated.
    • The Boxing Day tsunami and the Sumatran earthquake on March 28, which registered 9 on the Richter scale, have made the world conscious of these massive upheavals of the Earth.

Rhymes

coeval, evil, Khedival, medieval, primeval, retrieval, shrieval
 
 

Definition of upheaval in US English:

upheaval

nounˌəpˈhēvəlˌəpˈhivəl
  • 1A violent or sudden change or disruption to something.

    major upheavals in the financial markets
    times of political upheaval
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Marx's own time was similarly marked by a series of turbulent social, political, and economic upheavals, all of which helped shape and produce Marxism.
    • ‘The recent upheavals have demonstrated the danger the sector faced from not being aware of the importance of facts and figures,’ McDonnell said.
    • In many European countries major political upheavals and wars since the 18th century caused dispersion of cultural artefacts such as portraits throughout the world.
    • It is clear from the major upheavals faced by farming in recent years that agriculture is changing.
    • Her books, bearing ambitious titles such as Women, Resistance and Revolution, helped shape one of the biggest political upheavals of the 20th century.
    • The recent upheavals were so unpopular that it would be a brave government to implement anything like that again.
    • Despite subsequent upheavals, the French have never seriously considered restoring the monarchy since.
    • After a series of scandals and upheavals that occurred in the 1980s this huge economic conglomerate totally collapsed.
    • The arrival of Timothy's new friends had not been the only upheaval in his recent experiences.
    • However, this growing opposition did not erupt in open upheavals or mass strikes, at least as far as I can judge.
    • Have there been any upheavals in the recent past?
    • ‘There are continuing upheavals in Africa,’ he says.
    • Despite this, a long and complicated number of coups and upheavals continued in the country.
    • Even after Napoleon had been consigned to his island prison on Saint Helena the upheaval continued unabated.
    • Despite the upheaval, revenue continues to grow, as do jobs however, in many cases those jobs are changing.
    • Much of the initial enthusiasm had cooled when the fall of the Bastille was followed by continued upheavals.
    • To understand deviance and crime one needs to be aware of what constitutes normality, a task which became increasingly difficult as social upheavals continued through the early 1990s when the fieldwork was conducted.
    • But during the political upheavals she found herself a stateless person and was granted British citizenship, though she still returns to Malawi from time to time to visit her family.
    • Few people believed that the Empire could continue unchanged after the upheavals of the war.
    • These internal upheavals have displaced millions of desperate people who cross borders searching for freedom and protection.
    Synonyms
    disruption, upset, disturbance, trouble, turbulence
    1. 1.1 An upward displacement of part of the earth's crust.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The Boxing Day tsunami and the Sumatran earthquake on March 28, which registered 9 on the Richter scale, have made the world conscious of these massive upheavals of the Earth.
      • Formed by volcanic upheavals, the island sits atop 100-foot cliffs rising straight out of deep ocean.
      • The ancient earth was prepared through thousands of years of geologic upheaval.
      • Since being exposed through the earth's upheavals on the top of a mountain in Antarctica, the rest of the fish's body had now unfortunately been eroded away.
      • Over eons these sediments became buried beneath layers of mud and ash caused by forest fires, more volcanic eruptions, rains and upheavals.
      • The geological upheavals that divided rivers and river basins provided opportunities for speciation when fish populations were isolated.
 
 
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