tempests

英 [ˈtɛmpɪsts]

美 [ˈtɛmpəsts]

n.  大风暴; 暴风雨; 暴风雪
tempest的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 暴风雨
  Atempestis a very violent storm.
  1. Torrential rain and a howling tempest cut a swathe of destruction across the country.
     狂风暴雨横扫全国，所到之处，一片狼藉。
• 我没有料到我的请求会掀起这么大一场风波。 → see:I hadn't foreseen the tempest my request would cause...

双语例句

• Neither robbers nor tempests befriended them, nor one lucky overturn to introduce them to the hero.
  既没碰上强盗，又没遇上风暴，也没有因为翻车而幸会男主角。
• There are many thoughts in the hearts of men; and when Christ is absent, the ship is tossed by the waves of this world, and by tempests manifold.
  在人心里有许多想法；当基督不在时，船就会被世俗的波浪以及一波又一波的风暴吹打。
• They ( especially these women in the plays) never give up the search for the refuge of the soul, and sometimes are interrupted, notwithstanding there are always tempests in the limited human universe.
  尽管人类这个小宇宙总是风暴肆虐，而他们（特别是剧作中的女人们）寻找灵魂避难所的努力虽时有中断，却从未放弃。
• After the Asian financial crisis, developing countries determined they never again wanted to be exposed to the tempests of globalization.
  在遭遇了亚洲金融危机之后，发展中国家下定决心避免再次暴露于全球化的风暴之中。
• The one who came from farthest to my lodge, through deepest snows and most dismal tempests, was a poet.
  从离得最远的地方，穿过最深的积雪和最阴惨惨的风暴来到我家的是一位诗人。
• Whatever the nature of these tempests may be, human irresponsibility is mingled with them.
  不问这些风暴的性质如何，其中人负不了责任。
• The scandal caused tempests in the newspaper.
  那件丑闻在报纸上引起阵阵风波。
• Such a sort of intensity was often arrived at during winter darkness, tempests, and mists.
  这在冬天的夜晚，在暴风雨当中，在雾霭纷纷的时候，最是淋漓尽致的。
• Tempests are terrible in this country.
  在这些地方，雷雨是十分可怕的。
• "It is an ever-fixed mark that looks on tempests and is never shaken."
  爱是不变的标志，它正视风暴，永远也不会动摇