strife

英 [straɪf]

美 [straɪf]

n.  冲突; 争斗; 倾轧; 麻烦; 纠纷; 困难

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Collins.1 / BNC.11438 / COCA.10875

牛津词典

noun

• 冲突；争斗；倾轧
  angry or violent disagreement between two people or groups of people
  1. civil strife
     内乱
  2. The country was torn apart by strife.
     这个国家被内部纷争搞得四分五裂。
• 麻烦；纠纷；困难
  trouble or difficulty of any kind

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 严重不和;冲突;争斗
  Strifeis strong disagreement or fighting.
  1. Money is a major cause of strife in many marriages...
     金钱是造成很多婚姻不和的一个主要原因。
  2. The boardroom strife at the company is far from over...
     公司董事会的明争暗斗还远没有结束。
  3. It remains a highly unstable and strife-torn country.
     这仍是一个动荡不安、冲突不断的国家。

英英释义

noun

• bitter conflict
• lack of agreement or harmony
  Synonym:discord

双语例句

• For spoiling and violence are before me: and there are that raise up strife and contention.
  毁灭和强暴在我面前。又起了争端和相斗的事。
• After centuries of strife, the people of Europe have formed a union of promise and prosperity.
  经过几个世纪的纷争，欧洲人民建立起了一个充满希望和繁荣的联盟。
• The whole episode has drawn attention again to internecine strife in the ruling party.
  整个事件再次引起人们对执政党内部纷争的关注。
• Succession was a problem for the Yuan Dynasty, later causing much strife and internal struggle.
  继承是一个问题的元代，后来造成许多冲突和内部斗争。
• We would have avoided all this suffering simply by shrinking from strife.
  要是我们在冲突面前畏缩不前，我们可以避免这些痛苦；
• The boardroom strife at the company is far from over
  公司董事会的明争暗斗还远没有结束。
• If China were to follow Japan, the next stage would be labour strife and inflation.
  如果中国将重演日本的历史，那么下一阶段将出现劳资冲突和通胀。
• References to food or ethnic strife, for example, may indicate the onset of famine or civil unrest.
  比如，若社交媒体提及粮食或种族冲突，那可能预示爆发了饥荒或者国内骚乱。
• Historians have also pointed to links between particularly severe Ni ñ os and episodes of serious strife.
  历史学家已经指出了非常严重的厄尔尼诺和激烈冲突的发生之间的联系。
• Of the strife and fusion of systems at this time the works of Cicero are the best example.
  的冲突和融合的系统在这个时候西塞罗的作品就是最好的例子。