fracas
英 [ˈfrækɑː] 美 [ˈfreɪkəs]
（通常有好几个人的）高声争吵、打斗
- He was injured in a Saturday-night fracas outside a disco.
他星期六晚上在一家迪斯科舞厅外的一次斗殴中受了伤。
furor/furore
英 ['fjuːrɔː] 美 [ˈfjʊrɔːr]
轰动、狂热、狂怒
- The government's decision to raise taxes has caused a great furore.
政府增税的决定引起了轩然大波。 - The furor died down, and I realized that none of it had any relevance to what I was doing.
对这本书的狂热逐渐平静下去了，我意识到这和我的写作没有任何关系。
detente
英 [deɪˈtɒnt] 美 [deɪˈtɑːnt]
【正式用语，源自法语】（国际紧张关系的）缓和、改善
- They talk about detente, but in actuality they are engaged in intense rivalry.
他们嘴里讲缓和，骨子里却进行激烈的争夺。
延伸阅读：
hullabaloo
英 [ˌhʌləbəˈluː] 美 [ˌhʌləbəˈluː]
嘈杂、喧闹、吵闹声；公开的反对、公开的投诉
- There's a crowd of angry demonstrators making a real hullabaloo outside the Houses of Parliament.
一群愤怒的示威者在议会大楼外大声喧闹。 - The minister resigned after all the hullabaloo over his affair with an actress.
在与女演员的绯闻受到公众的非议后，部长辞职了。
ado
英 [əˈduː] 美 [əˈduː]
[without further/more ado] 毫不迟延、干脆、立即
- And so, without further ado, let me introduce tonight's speaker.
好了，我就闲话少叙，向大家介绍今晚的发言人。
fiasco
英 [fiˈæskəʊ] 美 [fiˈæskoʊ]
惨败、可耻的失败、尴尬的结局
- He hoped that the supper his girlfriend made would not be a fiasco.
他希望女朋友做的晚饭不会完全无法下咽。
延伸阅读：小词详解 | fiasco
reconciliation
英 [ˌrekənsɪliˈeɪʃn] 美 [ˌrekənsɪliˈeɪʃn]
调解、和解；协调、和谐一致
- Their change of policy brought about a reconciliation with Britain.
他们的政策改变促成了与英国的和解。
rift
英 [rɪft] 美 [rɪft]
分裂、分歧、严重不和；断裂、裂缝、裂口
- Efforts to heal the rift between the two countries have failed.
弥合两国间分歧的各种努力都已失败。
（拓展学习：小词详解 | rift）
