选举正在暴乱的情况下进行。

The elections are taking place against a background of violence.

《牛津词典》

这一证据和先前关于一次有组织暴乱的报告相吻合。

This evidence meshes with earlier reports of an organized riot.

《牛津词典》

关于这场暴乱的报道暴露了一个被逼到崩溃边缘的监狱体制。

The report on the riot exposed a prison system stretched to breaking point.

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

Misunderstood as a satire on the Irish peasantry, Yeats's production of the play led to riots in 1909.

被误解为对爱尔兰农民的嘲讽，此剧引起了1909年的暴乱。

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I don't want to exaggerate this too much but the largest riots in Britain in the eighteenth century are not the riots for political reform at all.

我不想过多地夸张,但十八世纪英国最大的暴乱,完全不是关于政治改革

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