chaos
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英['keɪɒs]
|美['keɑs]
n.混乱,紊乱;(天地未出现的)浑沌世界;〈古〉无底深渊;一团糟
日语:カオス
法语:chaos
德语:Chaos
韩语:혼돈
俄语:caos
牛津词典
noun
- 混乱;杂乱;紊乱
a state of complete confusion and lack of order
- economic/political/domestic chaos
经济 / 政治 / 国内的混乱 - Heavy snow has caused total chaos on the roads.
大雪导致道路上交通一片混乱。 - The house was in chaos after the party.
聚会后,房子里一片狼藉。
中文词源
chaos 混乱,混沌
来自PIE*gheu, 呵气,张嘴,词源同gas, yawn.神学术语。
双语例句
- Many editorials express their anxieties about the economic chaos in the country.
许多社论对该国经济的混乱状况表示忧虑。
- Union officials made no apologies for the threatened chaos.
工会干部们对于迫在眉睫的混乱局面不予道歉。
- The Russian leader threw the carefully arranged welcome into chaos.
这位俄罗斯领导人将这场精心安排的欢迎会搞成了一场闹剧。
- He avers that chaos will erupt if he loses
他断言,如果他失败将会爆发动乱。
- A thin veneer of law and order barely keeps the seething, bubbling cauldron of chaos and anarchy in check.
表面上的几条法令基本控制不住无政府混乱局面的湍流涌动。
- The world's first transatlantic balloon race ended in chaos last night
昨晚世界第一届跨大西洋热气球比赛在一片混乱中收场。
- It is impossible to establish democracy amid economic chaos.
经济秩序混乱不堪,是不可能建立民主的。
- He was ultimately overthrown and the country descended into chaos.
他最终被推翻,整个国家则陷入了混乱。
- The only lasting solution lies in a political settlement. Without it, their descent into chaos will be guaranteed.
唯一的长久之计是通过政治手段解决。否则,他们势必会陷入一片混乱。
- That's a sure recipe for destroying the economy and creating chaos
那样做肯定会破坏经济、制造混乱。
- Amid the chaos, he had lofty aims.
尽管身处混乱之中,他却怀有崇高的目标。
- The chaos may have contributed to the deaths of up to 20 people
混乱可能导致多达20人丧生。
- The running of Welsh rugby was left in chaos yesterday after a vote of no confidence in the game's overlords.
昨天,在对威尔士橄榄球界几位巨头投了不信任票后,该运动的管理陷入一片混乱。
- I think it's going to cause chaos personally but never mind.
我个人认为它会引起混乱,但是没关系。
- The government's political and economic reforms threaten to plunge the country into chaos
政府的政治和经济改革可能会使国家陷入混乱局面。
- The nation was urged to pull together to avoid a slide into complete chaos
对全国上下发出了呼吁,要求大家团结一致,避免陷入完全混乱的局面。
- Both quantum mechanics and chaos theory suggest a world constantly in flux.
量子力学和混沌理论都表明世界永远处于不断变化中。
- Whatever troubles arise, we'll have peace of mind amidst seeming chaos.
无论出现什么样的麻烦,我们都会在貌似混乱的情形中保持平和的心态。
- Bulgaria's economy has sunk into chaos.
保加利亚的经济已陷入了混乱。
- He needs them to stop the country sliding into chaos.
他需要他们来防止这个国家陷入混乱。
- We're in a state of complete chaos here and I need a little time to sort myself out.
我们这里正乱作一团,我需要一点时间来理清头绪。
- It wouldn't surprise me if there was such chaos after this election that another had to be held
如果你告诉我这次大选后局面会出现混乱,以致不得不重新举行选举,我一点也不会惊讶。
- The collapse of the government left the country in chaos.
政府的垮台使国家陷入一片混乱。
- The typhoon left chaos behind it.
台风后一片混乱。
- After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.
停电后,城市一片混乱。
- That is the age of political chaos.
那是个政治上呈纷乱状态的时代。
- As soon as the teacher left the classroom fell into chaos.
老师刚走,教室里就乱营了。
- How can you sort out the order from the chaos?
如何才能从混沌世界中理出头绪来呢?
- After the overthrow of the government, the country was in chaos.
政府被推翻后,这个国家处于混乱中。
- Chaos in the country is likely to develop into civil war.
该国的乱局可能演变成内战。
语源
late 15th cent. (denoting a gaping void or chasm, later formless primordial matter): via French and Latin from Greek khaosvast chasm, void