There has been a flurry of emergency interest-rate cuts by the Federal Reserve and other central banks. 美联储和多国央行纷纷紧急降息。 ——《经济学人》
Combined with a flurry of disappointing results recently in other major economies, the stumble raised questions about Europe’s ability to escape recession. 结合其他主要经济体最近公布的诸多令人失望的结果,跌跌撞撞的经济形势引发了对欧洲摆脱衰退能力的质疑。 ——《纽约时报》
基本释义 [noun] a small swirling mass of something, especially snow or leaves, moved by sudden gusts of wind [名词] 被突然一阵狂风吹动的一小团漩涡状的东西,尤指雪或树叶
女士们在一片绸缎窸窣声中离去。 The ladies departed in a flurry of silks and satins.
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His eyes were so quiet, so kind, so understanding that she wondered how she could ever have been silly enough to be flurried. 他的眼光是那么宁静,那么温和,显得那么通情达理,以致她惊讶自己怎么会那样愚蠢竟发起慌来了。
出自美国作家玛格丽特·米切尔(Margaret Mitchell)创作的长篇小说《飘》(Gone with the Wind)。该小说在1937年获得普利策奖,是玛格丽特·米切尔在世时出版的唯一一部作品。不但它成为美国史上最为畅销的小说之一,而且由这部小说所改编的同名电影《乱世佳人》也成为影史上不朽的经典。 同近义词
swirl: move in a twisting or spiraling pattern
whirl: a rapid movement around and around
eddy: a circular movement of water, counter to a main current, causing a small whirlpool