the Troubles
/ðə ˈtrʌblz/
/ðə ˈtrʌblz/
- the name given to periods of political and social disturbance in Ireland, especially in the 20th century. The expression is now often used to refer to the period of violence and terrorist activity between Roman Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland since 1968, but it has also been applied to events such as the Easter Rising (1916) and the Anglo-Irish War (1919-21). Thousands of people have been killed in the Troubles.
麻烦：在爱尔兰，特别是在20世纪，代表政治和社会动荡时期。这种表达方式现在经常被用来指代自1968年以来北爱尔兰的罗马天主教徒和新教徒之间的暴力和恐怖活动时期，但也被用于复活节起义（1916）和盎格鲁-爱尔兰战争（ 1919-21）。麻烦中有数千人被杀。