a complete lack of order 混乱;杂乱;紊乱 economic/political/domestic chaos 经济/政治/国内的混乱 Heavy snow has caused total chaos on the roads. 大雪导致道路上交通一片混乱。 - in chaos
The house was in chaos after the party. 聚会后,房子里一片狼藉。 The country was thrown/plunged into chaos by the president's death. 总统的去世使这个国家陷入混乱。
Extra ExamplesTopics War and conflictc1Chaos broke out when the fire started. 起火时发生了混乱。 Doctors worked day and night amid scenes of utter chaos. 医生们在极为混乱的现场夜以继日地工作。 He liked to work in organized chaos. 他喜欢在有秩序的混乱中工作。 His brave leadership has created order out of chaos. 他无畏的领导使混乱中再现秩序。 I lost my bag in the ensuing chaos. 我在随后的混乱中丢了包。 In the ensuing chaos, many works of art were destroyed. 在随之而来的混乱中,许多艺术品被毁。 The airport was in chaos during the strike. 罢工期间机场一片混乱。 The country is sliding into economic chaos. 该国正逐渐陷入经济混乱状态。 The country was brought to the brink of chaos. 国家到了混乱的边缘。 The game ended in chaos. 这场比赛以混乱而告终。 The government collapsed and chaos reigned. 政府垮台,到处一片混乱。 We are on the brink of chaos, economically speaking. 从经济上讲,我们濒临无秩序状态。 the confusion and chaos surrounding the bombing raids 在轰炸袭击周围出现的混乱 Heavy flooding is causing total chaos across the country. 严重的洪涝正导致全国陷入混乱。 Our plans have been thrown into absolute chaos. 我们的计划已经完全混乱了。 People started shouting and the meeting descended into chaos. 人们叫喊起来,会议陷入混乱。 The minute the door closed behind her, chaos broke out. 门在她身后关上的那一刻,混乱爆发了。 Thousands of tourists face travel chaos. 成千上万的游客面临着旅游混乱。 We have plans to avoid chaos when the strike begins next week. 下周罢工开始时,我们计划避免混乱。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- absolute
- complete
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- bring
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- break out
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- in chaos
- on the brink of chaos
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Word Originlate 15th cent.: via French and Latin from Greek khaos ‘vast chasm, void’.