strife

英 [straɪf]

美 [straɪf]

n.  冲突; 争斗; 倾轧; 麻烦; 纠纷; 困难

CET6考研TOEFLGRETEM8

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

• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Inspire us to seek our brothers amid the strife.
  激发我们在冲突中寻找我们的兄弟。
• 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？