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

• 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。
• Beset by ethnic strife, the province remains ungovernable
  该省因受种族冲突困扰而失控。
• 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。
• Not disturbed by strife or turmoil or war.
  不受争斗、骚乱或战争干扰的。
• 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。
• 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。
• Attempts at reform failed as civil strife ultimately developed into civil war.
  尝试改革的努力失败了，成了国内斗争，最终发展为国内战争。
• 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。
• 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。