风波

• 拼音: fēng bō
• 汉字拆解: 风 = 几 + 虫 (air current + moving creature — wind; invisible moving force); 波 = 氵+ 皮 (water + rippling surface — waves, undulations)

含义

Disturbance; controversy; storm; turbulence. A period of trouble, dispute, or social upheaval, often arising unexpectedly.

Literally 'wind and waves'. Figuratively describes social disputes, political controversies, media storms, or interpersonal conflicts that cause disruption. 经历风波 (to weather storms), 引发风波 (to stir up controversy), 平息风波 (to settle a dispute). Implies instability and turbulence rather than sustained conflict.

例句

1. 这位演员深陷舆论风波，原本预定参演的三部作品相继宣告终止合作，损失难以估量。
2. 历史上每一次思想解放运动都不可避免地引发激烈的风波，因为它挑战的是根深蒂固的既有秩序与利益格局。
3. 那次内部风波虽然已过去多年，却在团队的集体记忆中留下了难以消散的阴影，影响着此后每一次重大决策的讨论氛围。

用法指南

语境: politics, media, social, business

语气: serious

正确说法

• 高管的不当言论数小时内传遍社交媒体，引发意外公关风波，董事会连夜开会应对。(An executive's inappropriate remarks spread across social media within hours, causing an unexpected PR storm and forcing the board to meet overnight.)
• 经历了这场前所未有的经营风波之后，企业管理层痛定思痛，重新审视了公司在合规管理和风险控制方面存在的深层次结构性问题。(After weathering this unprecedented business crisis, the management team, stung into action by painful reflection, re-examined the deep structural problems in the company's compliance management and risk control.)

错误说法

• 风波 for positive upheaval — 风波 is always disruptive or negative; for positive transformation, use 变革 or 转机; 风波 implies something troublesome and unwanted

起源与历史

风 (wind) + 波 (waves) — wind and waves together; a storm on the water; by extension, social or political turbulence

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal