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

• All of Papa's violence went into the drama of his life, into family strife, and sentiment.
  爸爸的全部激情猛劲，早就在那戏剧性的一生中、在家庭的纠纷和感情中消磨殆尽了。
• Today we had a forcible reminder of the continuing strife there.
  今天，我们遇到一件事，有力地提醒我们那儿争斗持续不断。
• Still others are obsessed by factionalism after having gone through several years of such strife.
  有的是打了几年派仗，被派性迷住了心窍。
• Strife was internecine during the next fortnight.
  在以后两个星期的冲突中我们两败俱伤。
• Marriage, with peace, is this world's paradise: with strife, this world's purgatory.
  和谐的婚姻，是尘世的乐园；不和谐的婚姻，则是人生的炼狱。
• 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。
• It was more than ever a living strife between him and Mary.
  他和玛丽之间的竞争比以前更加激烈了。
• 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。
• This is a formula for economic strife, whether called "currency wars," protectionism or economic nationalism.
  这是经济冲突中的公式，不管是叫“货币战争”也好，贸易保护主义也好，经济国家主义也罢。
• 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。