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tempest

读音
ˈtempɪst
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释义

n. 暴风雨;骚动;动乱 vt. 使狂怒;扰乱,使激动 vi. 小题大作;起大风暴 n. (Tempest)人名;(英)坦皮斯特

例句

For some, it may seem silly, a tempest in a teapot.
对有些人来说,这似乎很荒唐,是小题大做。
I hadn't foreseen the tempest my request would cause.
我没有想到我的请求会带来这么大一场风波。
By and by the tempest spent itself and died without accomplishing its object.
渐渐地,暴风雨耗尽了它的力量,没有达到目的就消失了。

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Aldo Leopold said this was a biological storm,a feathered tempest.And indeed it was a keystone species
♪ For nothing'll stop me. I have to prevail ♪♪ Through the teeth of this tempest ♪♪ In the mouth of a gale ♪
the clouds are looming,and the wind is a raging tempest,and someone says, "Great weather we're having,"
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”
It means "forced labor."Marco Tempest: But these robots were not real.They were not intelligent.
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