词汇释义

pandemonium  TEM8    IELTS    GRE

UK/ˌpæn.dəˈməʊ.ni.əm/  US/ˌpæn.dəˈmoʊ.ni.əm/

N-UNCOUNT If there is pandemonium in a place, the people there are behaving in a very noisy and uncontrolled way. 喧闹；嘈杂；混乱

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外刊例句

1. Then pandemonium broke out. Everyone surged, pushed, shoved forward, some with sacks of rice, or door-frames, or live hens, others with giant wedding photographs or their household goods tied up in bundles, and tried to get on.（The Economist)

顷刻间，月台上乱成一团。人群蜂拥向前，每个人都在推搡着朝前挤。有人背着米袋，有人拿着门框，有人拎着活母鸡，还有的人扛着巨幅结婚照，提着成捆的家当，人人都想挤上火车。《经济学人》

2. (But I think chaos is the fruit of this poison tree, not the root of it. That is to say that I don’t believe that Trump desires chaos because he feels most at peace when the world around him is experiencing pandemonium.(New York Times)

“但我认为混乱是这棵毒树的果实，而不是它的根源。也就是说，我不认为特朗普是因为自己在周围世界陷入混乱时感觉最安宁，就渴望混乱。”《纽约时报》

3. When the explosion occurred around 9:50 p.m. on April 20, there was pandemonium on the rig.(New York Times)

4月20日，晚上9点50分左右，发生爆炸，钻井平台上一片混乱。《纽约时报》

4. We hear of pandemonium in New York as travellers queue for precious boat tickets.(The Guardian)

旅客们在排队等候(购买)珍贵的船票时，我们听说纽约出现了大混乱。《卫报》

5. As well as delays, new systems have brought pandemonium to many trusts.(The Guardian)

除了延误之外，新系统也给许多信托机构带来了混乱。《卫报》

6. Even Corker expressed reservations, saying the legislation as drafted would cause "pandemonium" in the financial world.(Washington Post)

即使是科克（Corker)，也表达了保留意见，并称起草的立法，将会在金融界引起 "大混乱"。《华盛顿邮报》

词汇搭配

trigger, cause, bring pandemonium

be, become pandemonium

economic, utter, complete pandemonium

pandemonium break out

词汇家族

pandemonia, pandemoniums

词汇来源

pandemonium这个词汇和英国著名诗人弥尔顿（Milton）有关，在他最负盛名的史诗《失乐园》中，pandemonium是魔鬼撒旦召开群魔大会的宫殿，即“群魔宫”。这里的pandemonium是由pan（一切）和demonium（恶魔）组合而成。

十八世纪时，凡是坏人集中的地方，充满嘈杂和混乱的地方，都可以用pandemonium来形容。十九世纪后，该词不再指具体的地点，而是泛指“喧闹混乱的情景”。

近义词

anarchy, uproar, bedlam, chaos, confusion, din, racket, rumpus, turmoil

反义词

peace, silence, calmness, orderliness, harmony, quiet, tranquility(tranquillity)