The country has experienced years of civil unrest. unrest gripped the city as the people nervously awaited the expected bombardment
Recent Examples on the WebThe Washington Post has not always covered itself in glory on matters of race, most egregiously during racial unrest in 1919 when an irresponsible front-page story spurred vigilante action that led to about 40 deaths. John Kelly, Washington Post, 20 Aug. 2022 His father was killed by stray gunfire during unrest in Somalia when Farah was 4 years old, according to the film. Danica Kirka, Anchorage Daily News, 12 July 2022 Eighteen people were killed and 243 wounded during unrest in Uzbekistan’s autonomous province of Karakalpakstan last week, Uzbek authorities said on Monday — the worst bout of violence in the Central Asian nation in 17 years. Reuters, NBC News, 5 July 2022 Eighteen people were killed and 243 wounded during unrest in Uzbekistan's autonomous province of Karakalpakstan last week, Uzbek authorities said on Monday -- the worst bout of violence in the Central Asian nation in 17 years. Reuters, CNN, 4 July 2022 During the past two decades, relations between police officers and the community hit their lowest point during the unrest that followed the death of Freddie Gray in 2015. Mary Carole Mccauley, Baltimore Sun, 2 June 2022 The alert was similar to the blaring emergency messages sent out by officials for Amber Alerts and the curfew alerts sent out during civil unrest across Los Angeles in 2020. Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2022 The first Louisville Juneteenth Festival was organized during the civil unrest of 2020 by a group of young leaders, activists and organizers. Jason Gonzalez, The Courier-Journal, 12 May 2022 Huber, 26, died when he was shot by Kyle Rittenhouse during civil unrest in Kenosha following the police shooting of Jacob Blake. Drake Bentley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2022 See More
ADJECTIVE | ... OF UNREST | VERB + UNREST | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤great, serious嚴重的騷亂▸➤violent劇烈的動盪▸➤widespread大範圍的動盪◇There was widespread industrial unrest in the north.北方出現了大範圍的行業動盪。➤domestic, internal國內的/內部的動亂◇The incident led to domestic unrest in the cities.這一事件導致國內城市出現騷亂。➤popular, public民眾騷亂▸➤growing, mounting越來越嚴重的動盪;愈演愈烈的騷亂▸➤further進一步的騷亂◇The murder of a boy by police sparked further unrest in the occupied zone.一名男孩被警方殺害的事件在被佔領區引發了進一步的騷亂。➤civil, economic, ethnic, industrial, labour/labor, political, racial, social平民動亂;經濟動盪;種族騷亂;行業動盪;勞工騷亂;政治動盪;社會動亂▸➤peasant, student農民暴動;學潮... OF UNREST➤period, wave一段動盪時期;一波騷亂◇The increase in fees sparked a new wave of student unrest.增加收費引發了新一輪學潮。➤state動盪局面VERB + UNREST➤cause, create, foment, provoke, spark, spark off, stir up, trigger導致騷亂;製造騷亂;煽動騷亂;引發騷亂;激起騷亂▸➤deal with, quell應付動盪局面;平息騷亂◇The government's attempts to quell serious popular unrest led to civil war.政府試圖鎮壓嚴重的民眾騷亂,結果引發了內戰。PREPOSITION➤during (the) unrest在騷亂中◇Many businesses were looted during the unrest.很多店鋪在騷亂中被搶。➤unrest among發生在⋯中間的騷亂◇a wave of democratic unrest among the masses群眾中間的一波民主動盪➤unrest over因⋯引起的騷亂◇growing unrest over pay levels因工資水平問題而愈演愈烈的騷亂