Turmoil

(n.) Harassing labor; trouble; molestation by tumult; disturbance; worrying confusion.

(v. t.) To harass with commotion; to disquiet; to worry.

(v. i.) To be disquieted or confused; to be in commotion.

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• He stared after her in a turmoil of contradictory feelings. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• The Directory was pleased with the offer, but the government was in so much of a turmoil that it was months before any positive action was taken. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• I left my narrative in the quiet shadow of Limmeridge church--I resume it, one week later, in the stir and turmoil of a London street. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• My energy of will was gone--my strength was exhausted--the turmoil of my thoughts was fearfully and suddenly stilled, now I knew that he was dead. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Her tone was so natural, so almost indifferent, that Archer's turmoil subsided. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• I knew that I was needed there, but I dared not leave Dejah Thoris, nor dared I take her with me into the turmoil and danger of battle. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• There were the same squalor, the same turmoil and noise, the same general characteristics, in every corner; in the best and the worst alike. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• There is constant atmospheric turmoil, and the question is how to maintain a balance in these currents that bear the machine. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• You're a man of peace, sir; but we manufacturers, living in the world, and always in turmoil, get quite belligerent. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Howeverthat turmoil subsided: next day I was again Lucy Snowe. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• The religious and political turmoils in Germany in the sixteenth century gave an immense impetus to printing there. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.

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