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maelstromHmeIl7strBm, $-strB:mn [C]an area of water which moves with a very strong circular movement and sucks in anything that goes past, or (fig.) a situation in which there is great confusion, violence and destruction漩涡,困顿、灾难时期(fig.) The country is gradually being sucked into the maelstrom of civil war.国家正逐渐走向内战的动乱之中。
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