unrest

Definitions

un- (not) + rest (calm, repose). Rest came through Old French from Latin restare ('to stay back, remain' — re- + stāre 'to stand'). Unrest is the absence of rest: society won't stay still, it stirs and rises up. Usually political/social, not personal sleeplessness.

Common Collocations

• 1.civil unrest内乱
• 2.social unrest社会动荡
• 3.political unrest政治动荡
• 4.widespread unrest大范围动荡

Example Sentences

• 1.

  Growing unemployment led to widespread social unrest.

• 2.

  The region has seen months of political unrest.