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

• 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。
• Fires of suffering and strife are raging around the world.
  痛苦和斗争之火在世界熊熊蔓延。
• Strife was internecine during the next fortnight.
  在以后两个星期的冲突中我们两败俱伤。
• 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。
• Beset by ethnic strife, the province remains ungovernable
  该省因受种族冲突困扰而失控。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。