political/emotional/economic/religious etc turmoil• This new party was briefly banned for arousingpolitical turmoil that led to street insurrections in October 1993.• He was beginning to feel as if he had just switched roller-coasters - from one set of emotional turmoil to another.• In addition to their own emotional turmoil, parents must cope with the demands and expectations of those around them.• But the political turmoil that landed her father in prisonprevented her from returning home.• It did not suit her now to observe the emotional turmoilinsideRose.• Yet all this faded into insignificance when compared to the political turmoil it was causing.• Beyond the political confusion, there were other factors that wrought economic turmoil in the wake of partitioning the country.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + TURMOIL | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤constant持久的混亂◇Her mind was in a state of constant turmoil.她的腦子總是一片混亂。➤great大動盪▸➤emotional, inner, internal, mental, personal情感/心靈/內心/精神/個人混亂▸➤economic, financial, political, social經濟混亂;金融動盪;政治騷亂;社會動盪➤domestic, global, international國內/全球/國際混亂➤current, recent目前的/近來的動盪VERB + TURMOIL➤cause, create引起混亂▸➤plunge sb/sth into, send sb/sth into, throw sb/sth into使⋯陷入混亂◇Her emotional life was thrown into turmoil.她的情感生活亂作一團。➤experience經歷動盪PREPOSITION➤in turmoil混亂中◇He came to a stop, his thoughts in turmoil.他停下來,腦子裏一片混亂。➤turmoil of⋯的混亂◇a turmoil of emotions感情的混亂➤turmoil over由⋯引發的混亂◇The university had been in turmoil over anti-war protests.該大學因反戰抗議而一直動盪不安。PHRASES➤a state of turmoil混亂狀態