cacophony
cacophony 英 [kəˈkɒfəni] 美 [kəˈkɑfəni]
n. 刺耳的音调；不和谐音
名词复数:cacophonies
- A cacophony is a mishmash of unpleasant sounds, often at loud volume. It's what you'd hear if you gave instruments to a group of four-year-olds and asked them to play one of Beethoven's symphonies.
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- n. 刺耳的音调；不和谐音
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1. Policy and programme change are more likely if there is one clear message rather than a cacophony of calls to action.
如能用统一明确的信息代替纷纭的呼吁行动，那么政策和规划的转变将更有可能发生。
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2. Stephen: To me, happiness is the ability to remain calm amidst the swirling cacophony of noise from the outside world.
斯蒂芬：对我来说，快乐是一种能力，一种对于来自外部世界不和谐的喧闹声保持冷静的能力。
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3. Out of a sense of obligation, musicians perform Schoenberg from time to time, but always in the middle and never at the end of a program, for audiences flee the cacophony.
演奏家们出于义务，一直不断地排演勋伯格的作品，但从来都放在音乐会中间，永远不会作为压轴曲目——那种不和谐的声音只会把听众赶出场外。
- cacophony (n.) 1650s, "harsh or unpleasant sound," probably via French cacophonie (16c.), from a Latinized form of Greek kakophonia, from kakophonos "harsh sounding," from kakos "bad, evil" (from PIE root *kakka- "to defecate") + phone "voice, sound," from PIE root *bha- (2) "to speak, tell, say." Meaning "discordant sounds in music" is from 1789. Related: Cacophonous.
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