- a great disturbance; a big dispute; a crisis; a mighty uproar; mountainous waves:
Who could have thought a trivial matter would cause such a stir?没料到芝麻大的事儿竟会引起这样一场轩然大波。
轩然大波的用法和样例:
例句
接着我说,我从来就不知道英国三军的力量削弱到如此危险的程度,我这话引起了轩然大波。
I then said I had never known the Services reduced to such a parlous condition. This fairly put the cat among the canaries.