maelstrom

1. N-COUNT If you describe a situation as a maelstrom, you mean that it is very confused or violent. 漩涡; 动乱[文学性] [usu sing, usu with supp, oft N 'of' n]

...the maelstrom of ethnic hatreds and vendetta politics. …种族仇恨和家族世仇之争的漩涡。

Inside, she was a maelstrom of churning emotions. 她的内心处于各种情绪的漩涡中。