kerfuffle
发音
英 [kəˈfʌfl]
美 [kərˈfʌfl]
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- n.
- <口>吵闹，混乱
单词词源
kerfuffle 混乱，骚乱
ker-,表强调，拟声词，狗叫声，词源同cur,fuffle,混乱，方言词，可能来自拟声词。
双语例句
- 1. He moves quickly , with minimal kerfuffle .
- 他采用快刀斩乱麻的方式。
- 2. Whatever the motivation for the prosecution , mr elbegdorj and his dp seem poised to benefit from the kerfuffle .
- 不管指控的动机是什么，额勒贝格道尔吉和他的民主党都有望从混乱的局势当中获利。
- 3. Government ministers eschew high-flown rhetoric about european unity : the foreign minister recently caused a kerfuffle by saying that finland has contingency plans for a break-up of the euro .
- 芬兰政府首脑避开了有关欧洲统一的颇具野心的言辞：其外长几日由于宣称芬兰已经有了针对欧元区解体的应急计划而引起了轩然大波。
- 4. The kerfuffle over executive pay and rising levels of inequality is not happening in a vacuum ; it could be symptomatic of " rent-seeking " behaviour by corporates .
- 有关高管薪酬和社会不公程度日益严重的喧嚣并非凭空发生的；它可能是企业“寻租”行为的具体体现。
- 5. Ryan phelan , the head of dna direct , a genetic-testing firm that was bought by medco in february , predicts that the current regulatory kerfuffle will prove " just a blip " on the path to consumers gaining access to their genetic information .
- 一家基因检测公司dnadirect的主席ryanphelan这家公司在2月份被medco公司收购了预测说目前的监管混乱只是暂时现象，消费者们迟早都会有办法得到他们的基因信息。