a situation in which people shout and make a lot of noise because they are angry or upset about something 吵鬧；喧嚣；叫喊 The room was in (an) uproar. 屋子裏一片嘈雜。 Her comments provoked (an) uproar from the audience. 她的評論激起了聽衆的鼓噪。 We could no longer hear him above the uproar. 喧嚣過後，我們再也聽不見他的聲音了。
Extra ExamplesFinancial markets were in uproar after the crash of the rouble. 盧布暴跌後金融市場一片動蕩。 The classroom was in an uproar. 教室裏亂哄哄的。 The trial proceeded amid uproar. 審判在喧鬧中進行。 He made the announcement in the House of Commons amid uproar. 他在下議院一片嘩然中宣布了這一消息。 The trial ended in uproar. 審判在吵鬧中結束。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
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- cause
- create
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- amid (an/the) uproar
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a situation in which there is a lot of public criticism and angry argument about something that somebody has said or done 騷動；怨憤 The article caused (an) uproar. 這篇文章引起了軒然大波。
Extra ExamplesTopics Opinion and argumentc2The article caused an uproar when it was published. 這篇文章發表時引起了軒然大波。 Can you imagine the uproar if alcohol was banned? 如果禁酒，你能想象會有怎樣的怨憤嗎？ There was a great uproar over plans to pull down the old library. 拆毀舊圖書館的計劃引起了軒然大波。 a huge public uproar over taxation plans 對征稅計劃輿論一片嘩然 Such plans would no doubt have provoked uproar from environmentalists. 這樣的計劃無疑會引起環保人士的不滿。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- great
- huge
- …
- cause
- create
- provoke
- …
- amid (an/the) uproar
- in (an/the) uproar
- uproar over
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Word Originearly 16th cent.: from Middle Dutch uproer, from op ‘up’ + roer ‘confusion’, associated with roar.