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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• And worldly tempests, raging wild.
  世俗的骚动，席卷荒野。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Tempests are terrible in this country.
  在这些地方，雷雨是十分可怕的。