1. The polar vortex is a system of wintertime winds. 极地涡旋是冬季风形成的一个风系。
2. They were caught up in a whirling vortex of emotion. 他们陷入了感情旋涡。
3. When marriages break down children are swept into the vortex of their parents' embittered emotions. 当婚姻破裂时,孩子们也被卷入父母间日益恶化的情绪漩涡中。
4. He feared that a map in the atlas could pull climate scientists into another vortex of damaging controversy. 他担心新闻评述会同地图集里的地图一道,将气象学家们拉入另一个破坏性争议的漩涡之中。