N-UNCOUNT 纷乱;混乱;骚乱 You use mayhem to refer to a situation that is not controlled or ordered, when people are behaving in a disorganized, confused, and often violent way. 纷乱;混乱;骚乱
Their arrival caused mayhem as crowds of refugees rushed towards them.
他们到达后大批难民一拥而上,引起一片混乱。
...the economic mayhem that this country's going through now.