uproar

英 [ˈʌprɔː(r)]

美 [ˈʌprɔːr]

n.  吵闹; 喧嚣; 叫喊; 骚动; 怨愤

复数：uproars　

CET6考研TOEFLGRETEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.13911 / COCA.13150

牛津词典

noun

• 吵闹；喧嚣；叫喊
  a situation in which people shout and make a lot of noise because they are angry or upset about sth
  1. The room was in (an) uproar .
     屋子里一片嘈杂。
  2. Her comments provoked (an) uproar from the audience.
     她的评论激起了听众的鼓噪。
• 骚动；怨愤
  a situation in which there is a lot of public criticism and angry argument about sth that sb has said or done
  1. The article caused (an) uproar.
     这篇文章引起了轩然大波。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 喧闹；吵闹；鼓噪；骚动
  If there isuproar, there is a lot of shouting and noise because people are very angry or upset about something.
  1. The announcement caused uproar in the crowd...
     公告在人群中引起了骚动。
  2. The courtroom was in an uproar.
     法庭上一片哗然。
• N-UNCOUNT 骚乱；骚动
  You can also useuproarto refer to a lot of public criticism and debate about something that has made people angry.
  1. The town is in uproar over the dispute...
     整个城市因为这次争端而陷入了骚动。
  2. The surprise announcement could cause an uproar in the United States.
     这一突然发布的公告可能会在美国引起骚乱。

英英释义

noun

• loud confused noise from many sources
  Synonym:hubbubbrouhahakatzenjammer
• a state of commotion and noise and confusion
  Synonym:tumulttumultuousnessgarboil

双语例句

• You are wanted immediately; we are all in an uproar.
  你得马上出来一下；我们已闹得天翻地覆了。
• In the confusion and uproar, Cicero could only shriek that he had saved his country.
  在一片混乱与喧闹声中，锡斯罗只能尖声叫道他救了他的国家。
• He simply could not understand the uproar over Watergate.
  他根本无法理解水门事件引起的喧嚣。
• The risk of more populist uproar would be too great.
  要是民粹主义者再闹出什么动静，风险就太大了。
• The surprise announcement could cause an uproar in the United States.
  这一突然发布的公告可能会在美国引起骚乱。
• The courtroom was in an uproar.
  法庭上一片哗然。
• There was a brief silence, followed by uproar.
  沉默片刻之后又喧嚣起来了。
• The classroom is in an uproar.
  教室里嚷成了一片。
• Some dozen years ago she created an uproar in polite society when she openly boasted of distant elvish ancestry.
  数年前当她公然吹嘘自己遥远的精灵血统时，她就在上流社会造成了一阵骚动。
• Public uproar and some regulatory changes calmed the storm, but did not eradicate the intrinsic problem.
  公众舆论和一些监管方面的改革平息了这场风暴，但并未根除内在的问题。