unrest
动乱,混乱,动荡,动荡不安
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- : lack of rest; a restless, troubled, or uneasy state; disquiet: the unrest within himself.
- : disturbance or turmoil; agitation: political unrest.
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From political unrest to the global pandemic, different forces have added complexity to international travel.
How BT performs against Vodafone, for example, matters less to investors than how industry in general is adapting to universal, global risks such as climate change, pandemics, social and political unrest.
Last summer, amidst civil unrest and political polarization, many advertisers joined in a temporary boycott of Facebook.
They had booked a hotel room in downtown Washington for Tuesday night to ensure access to the Mall but canceled it after the short-lived insurrection to avoid any potential unrest.
“These efforts, including our open lines of communication with law enforcement, will continue through the inauguration and will adapt as needed if circumstances change in real-time,” it adds, preparing for the possibility of more unrest.
But by Wednesday evening there was little in the way of organized protests or random unrest in the area.
Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione asked residents to remain calm, amid fears of unrest.
Thereafter, the 1960s swelled with political zeal and social unrest.
One thing this new unrest shares with the Second Intifada, also known as the al-Aqsa Intifada, is the flashpoint.
We saw how such provocative actions only inflamed passions and escalated the unrest.
There were other causes entering into this besides his yearning desire to win Ramona for his wife.