revolutions

英 [ˌrɛvəˈluːʃənz]

美 [ˌrɛvəˈluʃənz]

n.  革命; 巨变; 大变革; (环绕中心点的)旋转; (尤指)天体运行
revolution的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 革命;武装运动
  Arevolutionis a successful attempt by a large group of people to change the political system of their country by force.
  1. The period since the revolution has been one of political turmoil.
     革命爆发后就陷入了政治动乱期。
  2. ...after the French Revolution.
     法国革命之后
  3. ...before the 1917 Revolution.
     1917年革命之前
• N-COUNT 重大变革;巨大变化
  Arevolutionin a particular area of human activity is an important change in that area.
  1. The nineteenth century witnessed a revolution in ship design and propulsion.
     19世纪船舶设计和船舶动力领域发生了重大的变革。
  2. ...the industrial revolution.
     工业革命

双语例句

• Meanwhile, in the postwar decades, the West underwent a series of consumer revolutions.
  而与此同时，西方在战后数十年经历了一连串的消费者革命。
• The February and October Revolutions in Russia were just wars.
  俄国的二月革命和十月革命是义战。
• We will see this more clearly as we trace briefly the general course of the economic and political revolutions.
  其实我们只要简要地追溯一下经济革命和政治革命的一般过程，就会对这一点看得很清楚。
• But the fact is that they were all social revolutions.
  但事实上它们三种革命都属于社会革命。
• As far as I know, China has had only two really great political and social revolutions.
  据我所知，中国只出现过两次真正伟大的政治社会革命。
• We stood by our friends and allies around the world through natural disasters and revolutions.
  我们与全世界的盟友一起经历了自然灾害和革命。
• Some experts say this new understanding is one of the most important revolutions in scientific thought.
  一些专家认为，这个新的认识是科学思想上的最重要的变革之一。
• But in this new world of social media, revolutions seem to move at the speed of tweets.
  不过在这个社交媒体的新时代里，革命的速度似乎也进化到了“微博速度”。
• The first and second waves he refers to are the agricultural and the industrial revolutions.
  他所提出的第一和第二波分别是农业和工业革命。
• They refer to the so-called "rising tide of expectations" that has historically fuelled protests and revolutions.
  他们提到，“期望涨潮”历来会激发抗议和革命。