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 people are smiling, forget all the worries, strife, suffering and trouble.
  人们个个都满面春风，忘却了一切的忧虑、争斗、痛苦和烦恼。
• 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。
• Strife was internecine during the next fortnight.
  在以后两个星期的冲突中我们两败俱伤。
• What's the use of this endless strife? He wondered.
  他想，这样不断地跟长辈冲突有什么好处呢？
• 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。
• 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。
• Inspire us to seek our brothers amid the strife.
  激发我们在冲突中寻找我们的兄弟。
• And at the extreme, demands for local autonomy can lead to ethnic strife and civil war.
  在极端的情况下，要求地方自治还会引发民族冲突和内战。
• 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。
• 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。