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

• In the calm of the noontide, in sorrow's lone hour, In times when temptation casts o'er me its power; In the tempests of life, on its wide, heaving sea, Thou blest "Rock of Ages," I'm hiding in Thee.
  无论在平静或忧伤孤单时，无论受试探或遇敌攻击时，或遇暴风雨在海中飘摇时，你是万世磐石，我藏身主里。
• JUDGED by appearances, Europe's tax havens seem to promise safety from economic tempests.
  表面来看，欧洲的避税港似乎承诺可以躲避经济风暴。
• 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。
• 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。
• And worldly tempests, raging wild.
  世俗的骚动，席卷荒野。
• "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
• The scandal caused tempests in the newspaper.
  那件丑闻在报纸上引起阵阵风波。
• Tempests are terrible in this country.
  在这些地方，雷雨是十分可怕的。
• 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。
• Welcome, Mr Blair, to the snake pit. Tempests are terrible in this country.
  那么，布莱尔先生，欢迎您来到这个混乱可怕的地方。