N-COUNT [usually singular]大动乱;极度混乱状态;混乱不堪 If you describe a situation as a maelstrom, you mean that it is very confused or violent. 大动乱;极度混乱状态;混乱不堪 [literary]
...the maelstrom of ethnic hatreds and vendetta politics. [+ of]
种族仇恨与政治宿怨造成的大动乱
Inside, she was a maelstrom of churning emotions. [+ of]