学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 3070 turmoil

今天我们要学的词是turmoil¹. Turmoil 名词，意思是混乱。A suicide-attack against the headquarters of the Libyan electoral commission has thrown plans for parliamentary and presidential elections into turmoil. 利比亚选举委员会受到的自杀式袭击让利比亚的国会和总统选举计划陷入了混乱状态。The Swedish Academy decided² not to give the Nobel Prize for Literature this year because of a sexual misconduct scandal that has caused turmoil in its ranks. 鉴于性丑闻在瑞典学院内部引起的混乱，瑞典学院决定今年暂停颁发诺贝尔文学奖。好的，我们今天学习的词是 turmoil, turmoil, turmoil ...

1 turmoil   

n.骚乱，混乱，动乱

参考例句：

• His mind was in such a turmoil that he couldn't get to sleep.内心的纷扰使他无法入睡。
• The robbery put the village in a turmoil.抢劫使全村陷入混乱。

2 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。