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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- unrest [^n'rεst]
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1.
noun
[u]
动荡
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1.
noun
[u]
动荡
Collins English-English Dictionary
- unrest [^n'rεst]
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n
a troubled or rebellious state of discontent
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n
an uneasy or troubled state
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1.
n
a troubled or rebellious state of discontent
Examples
- a general unrest
- 全面的动乱 → general
- creeping unrest → creep
- this period of history has seen much unrest → see
- the political unrest spread over several years → spread
- his speech was tinder to the demonstrators' unrest → tinder
- unrest → un-
- 人们担心，贫富不均可能会引起社会动荡。
- People are worried that inequalities in wealth might cause social unrest. → 引起
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