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　

GRE

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.
  1. ...the maelstrom of ethnic hatreds and vendetta politics...
     种族仇恨与政治宿怨造成的大动乱
  2. Inside, she was a maelstrom of churning emotions.
     她心中的情感似波涛汹涌，起伏不定。

英英释义

noun

• a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides)
  Synonym:whirlpoolvortex

双语例句

• 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。
• Caught in the maelstrom of war.
  陷入战争的大旋涡之中。
• 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？
• The Maelstrom forms the northern boundary of the South Seas, and south of it are several tropical islands.
  大漩涡是南海的最北部边界，而南部分布着一些热带岛屿。
• Maelstrom Weapon: Tooltips corrected to correctly describe the chance for this talent to be triggered.
  漩涡武器：正确显示了该天赋被触发的技能说明。
• This is the phenomenon that enables us to make snowmen – but if off-piste skiers survive the maelstrom of an avalanche, once the snow stops moving it locks together like mausoleum concrete.
  正是这种现象使我们能够堆雪人&但是，假如在非正规场地滑雪的人遇到雪崩后幸存下来，一旦雪不再移动，就会凝结得死死的，就像陵墓的混凝土一样。
• 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。
• Hong Kong, the Philippines, Singapore and Taiwan were also hit by the maelstrom.
  香港、律宾、加坡和台湾同样遭到了风暴的打击。
• Enterprises are facing a maelstrom of compliance and control mandates that is taking a toll on IT resources.
  企业正面临一个旋涡遵守和控制的任务是采取收费的IT资源。
• 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。