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An uproar is a great burst of noise from a lot of people at once. It has two flavours that share one word.
An uproar is a great burst of noise from a lot of people at once uproar 指一大群人同時發出的一陣巨大喧鬧 It has two flavours that share one word這個字有兩種味道
The first is literal noise — a room full of shouting, laughing, banging: 'the hall was in an uproar'. The second, and the more common one in the news, is public anger: an uproar is what happens when people are outraged about something and say so loudly and everywhere — 'the announcement caused an uproar', 'there was an uproar over the new tax'. In modern use the anger sense usually wins.
The first is literal noise第一種是字面上的噪音 a room full of shouting, laughing, banging像滿屋子的叫喊、大笑、砰砰聲 'the hall was in an uproar'例如 the hall was in an uproar 大廳裡一片喧鬧 The second, and the more common one in the news第二種、也是新聞裡更常見的 is public anger是公眾的憤怒 an uproar is what happens when people are outraged about something and say so loudly and everywhere指大家對某件事很憤怒並且到處大聲說出來的情況 'the announcement caused an uproar'像 the announcement caused an uproar 這項宣布引發了群情激憤 'there was an uproar over the new tax'或 there was an uproar over the new tax 新稅制引發了眾怒 In modern use the anger sense usually wins現代用法裡憤怒這個意思通常比較常見
it can go both ways: 'an uproar' (countable, one event) and 'in uproar' or 'in an uproar' (a state). British writers often drop the article — 'the country was in uproar' — while American writers keep it: 'the country was in an uproar'. Both are correct in their own place.
Grammatically it can go both ways文法上兩種用法都有 'an uproar'像 an uproar （可數，指一次事件） and 'in uproar' or 'in an uproar'跟 in uproar 或 in an uproar （表示一種狀態） British writers often drop the article英式英文常省略冠詞 'the country was in uproar'像 the country was in uproar 整個國家陷入騷動 while American writers keep it美式英文則會保留冠詞 'the country was in an uproar'寫成 the country was in an uproar Both are correct in their own place兩種說法各自都對
It is a strong word. Use it for a whole crowd, a whole country, a whole internet — not for two people arguing.
It is a strong word這是個語氣很強的字 Use it for a whole crowd, a whole country, a whole internet適合用在一整群人、一整個國家、整個網路的情況 not for two people arguing不適合用在只是兩個人吵架的場合
組成This one fools everybody, including native speakers. It looks like 'up' plus 'roar', but it is really a borrowing of Dutch 'oproer' or German 'Aufruhr', both meaning revolt or commotion. English speakers heard the foreign word and re-spelled it with the two familiar English pieces that sounded right — up and roar. So the parts you see are a happy accident, not the true origin. Luckily the accident is a good memory hook: a roar going up from a crowd.
原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
uproarnoun/ˈʌpɹɔː/
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Tumultuous, noisy excitement.
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Loud, confused noise, especially when coming from several sources.
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A loud protest, controversy, or outrage.
- This highly-aggressive approach had results, but briefly caused a major uproar in parts of the United States, which was mitigated by the Webster–Ashburton Treaty in 1842, which formalised the U.S. Navy's contribution to the antislavery efforts.
uproarverb/ˈʌpɹɔː/
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To throw into uproar or confusion.
- […] had I power, I should Pour the sweet milk of concord into hell, Uproar the universal peace, confound All unity on earth.
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To make an uproar.
- […] through their Tumultuous Uproaring have they caused the peaceable and harmless to suffer […]
- […] the landlady entering at this very time with news that his wife had been delivered of a dead child, he yielded to the most furious ebullitions; while, in accordance with him, all howled and shrieked, and bellowed and uproared, with double vigor.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。