strife

英 [straɪf]

美 [straɪf]

n.  冲突; 争斗; 倾轧; 麻烦; 纠纷; 困难

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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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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 country has a history of strife and division among its ethnic groups.
  这个国家有不同种族之间冲突和分裂的历史。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He used the opportunity to exaggerate the strife between the two organizations.
  他利用这个机会大肆渲染这两个机构间的冲突。
• Strife between creditors and debtors is usually resolved by civil law.
  债权人和债务人之间的纷争一般是由民法来解决的。
• 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。