Welcome to the Voice of America's “News Words”, where we talk about words in the news.
欢迎收听美国之音“新闻词汇”，在这里，我们将为您讲解新闻中的词汇。
This short word can mean big trouble: chaos.
这个短小的单词意味着大麻烦：混乱。
Lawmakers return to Washington with urgent domestic priorities, like extending federal spending authority and averting another government shutdown, but with an increasingly-wary eye towards conflict and chaos from Eastern Europe to the Middle East.
立法者带着紧急的国内问题回到华盛顿，这些问题包括扩大联邦支出权威，避免再一次政府停工，但对于从东欧到中东的冲突和混乱持更加谨慎的态度。
Chaos is the opposite of orderly.
混乱是有秩序的反义词。
It means a place is very disorganized, or a complete mess.
它的意思是一个地方很无组织，或一团糟。

It is a place in which events, or behavior, are not under control – not a good thing.
在这个地方，事件或行为不受控制——这不是好事。
So the next time you hear the word chaos, you will know what this News Word means!
那么，下次你听到单词“混乱”，你就知道这个新闻词汇的意思了！
And you can use it in a conversation.
你也可以在对话中用到它。