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

• 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。
• 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。
• Beset by ethnic strife, the province remains ungovernable
  该省因受种族冲突困扰而失控。
• Not disturbed by strife or turmoil or war.
  不受争斗、骚乱或战争干扰的。
• 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。
• Fires of suffering and strife are raging around the world.
  痛苦和斗争之火在世界熊熊蔓延。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。