| 单词 | upsurge |
| 释义 | upsurge (once / 16531 pages) n An upsurge is when there's a sudden rise of something's strength or size. Hordes of people walking around your town with cameras might be due to an upsurge in tourism, for example. News shows often announce that there's an upsurge of crime or an upsurge of available jobs in public education. The noun upsurge is most often used in this figurative way, rather than to talk about something literally surging up, like stormy waves. These are more likely to be described as a surge, which is actually the root of upsurge — a surge is a "high, rolling swell of water," from the Latin surgere, "to rise." WORD FAMILYupsurge: upsurges USAGE EXAMPLESThe DRC’s restive east remains a battleground for rival ethnic militias, with a recent upsurge of violence there a concern to many experts. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) The violence also raised new questions about Germany’s light security posture amid an upsurge of terror in Europe. Wall Street Journal(Dec 21, 2016) Reports of upsurges in anger come at us from all corners. Salon(Nov 26, 2016) 1n a sudden or abrupt strong increase an upsurge of emotion an upsurge in violent crime Syn|Hyper surge increase, step-up the act of increasing something 2n a sudden forceful flow Syn|Hypo|Hyper rush, spate, surge debris storm, debris surge the sudden spread of dust and debris from a collapsing building onrusha forceful forward rush or flow flow, flowing the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases) |
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