chaos
英 ['keɪɒs]
美['keɑs]
- n. 混沌，混乱
- n. (Chaos)人名；(西)查奥斯
助记提示
1. 希腊神话可以说和中国古代神话存在某种程度上的不谋而合，且非常符合中国古代的朴素的哲学思想，即：太极生两仪，两仪生四象，四象生八卦；一生二，二生三、三生万物的哲学思想；即由天地合一的混沌状态到分出天地，再到其他。如希腊神话的原始神(Chaos)[似乎像是我们的元始天尊]，到分出天地就出现了天神(天王：Uranus / Ouranos)，地神(地母：Gaea / Gaia)，然后到其他神。其生殖方式也符合大自然的进化规律，即先由无性生殖，即单性生殖，然后进化到有性生殖，即双性生殖。
2. 应该说最初的神，是很抽象的神，是对早已存在事物的抽象化、神化，他们的神的特性是比较模糊的，到后来产生有性生殖后各个神的形象才丰满起来，才如此的栩栩如生。应该是希腊神话要比咱们中国神话要精彩得多，它的神话非常丰满、完整、复杂、纷呈，有很多栩栩如生的故事和传说，并且贴近于人的现实生活，与人的生活有机地耦合在一起，有各种各样的神，还塑造了很多的英雄形象，并且没有中国神话中的那些清规戒律。
2. 应该说最初的神，是很抽象的神，是对早已存在事物的抽象化、神化，他们的神的特性是比较模糊的，到后来产生有性生殖后各个神的形象才丰满起来，才如此的栩栩如生。应该是希腊神话要比咱们中国神话要精彩得多，它的神话非常丰满、完整、复杂、纷呈，有很多栩栩如生的故事和传说，并且贴近于人的现实生活，与人的生活有机地耦合在一起，有各种各样的神，还塑造了很多的英雄形象，并且没有中国神话中的那些清规戒律。
中文词源
chaos 混乱，混沌
来自PIE*gheu, 呵气，张嘴，词源同gas, yawn.神学术语。
英英释意
- 1. a state of extreme confusion and disorder
- 2. the formless and disordered state of matter before the creation of the cosmos
- 3. (physics) a dynamical system that is extremely sensitive to its initial conditions
英文词源
- chaos
- chaos: see gas
- chaos (n.)
- late 14c., "gaping void," from Old French chaos (14c.) or directly from Latin chaos, from Greek khaos "abyss, that which gapes wide open, is vast and empty," from *khnwos, from PIE root *gheu- "to gape, yawn" (cognates: Greek khaino "I yawn," Old English ginian, Old Norse ginnunga-gap; see yawn (v.)).
Meaning "utter confusion" (c. 1600) is extended from theological use of chaos for "the void at the beginning of creation" in Vulgate version of Genesis (1530s in English). The Greek for "disorder" was tarakhe, however the use of chaos here was rooted in Hesiod ("Theogony"), who describes khaos as the primeval emptiness of the Universe, begetter of Erebus and Nyx ("Night"), and in Ovid ("Metamorphoses"), who opposes Khaos to Kosmos, "the ordered Universe." Meaning "orderless confusion" in human affairs is from c. 1600. Chaos theory in the modern mathematical sense is attested from c. 1977.
同义词辨析
confusion, disorder, disturbance, mess, chaos
这些名词均表示事物的"混乱"状态。
confusion： 指东西搅混在一起，凌乱得难以辨认；也可指思想混乱，以致无法进行正常的思维活动。
disorder： 正式用词，含义广泛。指事物因失去原有的秩序而造成混乱；也可指社会中的动乱或骚乱。
disturbance： 主要指社会中政治性的动乱、骚乱；也可指个人或少数人的闹事。
mess： 语气强，口语中较常用的非正式用词。指既混乱又肮脏，尤指人思想混乱或外表不整洁。
chaos： 着重指令人无能为力或感到绝望的混乱状态。突出没有很好的组织。
考试真题
- It's your creative mind that gets meaning from chaos of experiences and brings order to your world.
出自-2012年6月听力原文
- That's what happens when you're the world's biggest creditor: you get to drop hints like that, which would be enough by themselves to create international economic chaos if they were ever leaked.
出自-2012年12月阅读原文
- Kathy, chaos theory seems to be a branch of physics or mathematics.
出自-2013年6月听力原文
- Chaos theory was developed by scientists, trying to explain the movement of the planets and the changes in environmental conditions
出自-2013年6月听力原文
- In the 1990s, many economists began to look at chaos theory as a way of providing models for forecasting.
出自-2013年6月听力原文
- Well, that's a good question, because the basic idea of chaos theory is that there aren't any "models" as such— there aren't guaranteed forms, but rather patterns of change in development
出自-2013年6月听力原文
- What was chaos theory supposed to do when it was first formulated?
出自-2013年6月听力原文
- Chaos theory and its applications
出自-2013年6月听力原文
- A decade ago, this island's ecosystem was in chaos.
2018年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section A
- Beethoven’s music tends to move from chaos to order as if order were an imperative of human existence.
出自-2014年考研翻译原文
实用场景例句
- economic/political/domestic chaos
- 经济 / 政治 / 国内的混乱
牛津词典
- Heavy snow has caused total chaos on the roads.
- 大雪导致道路上交通一片混乱。
牛津词典
- The house was in chaos after the party.
- 聚会后，房子里一片狼藉。
牛津词典
- It is impossible to establish democracy amid economic chaos.
- 经济秩序混乱不堪，是不可能建立民主的。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The world's first transatlantic balloon race ended in chaos last night...
- 昨晚世界第一届跨大西洋热气球比赛在一片混乱中收场。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- To do this, we must first understand what these are.
- 我们得先去了解这些东西,才能作出恰当的翻译.
期刊摘选
- After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.
- 停电后,城市一片混乱.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- I lost my bag in the ensuing chaos.
- 我在随后的混乱中丟了包.
《简明英汉词典》
- His study is in chaos; it takes long time to put his papers in order.
- 他的书房一片狼藉, 整理好他的文件要花好长时间.
《简明英汉词典》
- That is the age of political chaos.
- 那是个政治上呈纷乱状态的时代.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- In its absence China would retrogress into division and chaos, and modernization would become impossible.
- 动摇了中国就要倒退到分裂和混乱, 就不可能实现现代化.
《简明英汉词典》
- After the overthrow of the government, the country was in chaos.
- 政府被推翻后, 这个国家处于混乱中.
《简明英汉词典》
- The typhoon left chaos behind it.
- 台风后一片混乱.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- The collapse of the government left the country in chaos.
- 政府的垮台使国家陷入一片混乱.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Chaos reigned in the classroom.
- 教室里大乱.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- Heavy snow has caused total chaos on the roads.
- 大雪导致道路上交通一片混乱。
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
- His sudden departure threw the office into chaos.
- 他的突然离去使这个部门陷入一片混乱。
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
- We're in a state of complete chaos here and I need a little time to sort myself out.
- 我们这里正乱作一团，我需要一点时间来理清头绪。
柯林斯例句
- It wouldn'tsurprise me if there was such chaos after this election that another had to be held.
- 如果你告诉我这次大选后局面会出现混乱，以致不得不重新举行选举，我一点也不会惊讶。
柯林斯例句
- The only lasting solution lies in a political settlement. Without it, their descent into chaos will be guaranteed.
- 唯一的长久之计是通过政治手段解决。否则，他们势必会陷入一片混乱。
柯林斯例句
- The chaos may have contributed to the deaths of up to 20 people.
- 混乱可能导致多达20人丧生。
柯林斯例句
- Bulgaria'seconomy has sunk into chaos.
- 保加利亚的经济已陷入了混乱。
柯林斯例句
- Whatever troubles arise, we'll have peace of mind amidst seeming chaos.
- 无论出现什么样的麻烦，我们都会在貌似混乱的情形中保持平和的心态。
柯林斯例句
- The government's political and economic reforms threaten to plunge the country into chaos.
- 政府的政治和经济改革可能会使国家陷入混乱局面。
柯林斯例句
- Many editorials express their anxieties about the economic chaos in the country.
- 许多社论对该国经济的混乱状况表示忧虑。
柯林斯例句
- A huge bomb blast brought chaos and devastation to the centre of Belfast yesterday.
- 昨天一颗威力巨大的炸弹在贝尔法斯特市中心爆炸，引起一片混乱并造成严重破坏。
柯林斯例句
- I think it's going to cause chaos personally but never mind.
- 我个人认为它会引起混乱，但是没关系。
柯林斯例句
- The world's first transatlantic balloon race ended in chaos last night.
- 昨晚世界第一届跨大西洋热气球比赛在一片混乱中收场。
柯林斯例句
- The running of Welsh rugby was left in chaos yesterday after a vote of no confidence in the game's overlords.
- 昨天，在对威尔士橄榄球界几位巨头投了不信任票后，该运动的管理陷入一片混乱。
柯林斯例句