That's the kind of chaos and anarchy that was gripping the North in the post-Lincoln assassination period.

林肯被刺杀后的这段时间里，北方深陷在这种无秩序、无政府的混状态中。

The same with the adjective form.. it was 'chaotic'.

与形容词形式相同..也就“chaotic”（混的，无秩序的）。

Systems in our universe move from order to disorder, and it is that property of the universe that defines the direction of time's arrow.

我们宇宙中的系统会从有秩序变得无秩序。正宇宙的这个属性，定义了时间之箭的方向。

Thus, with beer-drinking, pipe-smoking, song-roaring, and infinite caricaturing of woe, the disorderly procession went its way, recruiting at every step, and all the shops shutting up before it.

，着啤酒，抽着烟斗，高声歌唱，无限地讽刺悲惨，这支无秩序的游行队伍一路前行，每一步都在招兵买马，前面的所有商店都关门了。