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

• 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。
• 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。
• Fires of suffering and strife are raging around the world.
  痛苦和斗争之火在世界熊熊蔓延。
• 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？
• Beset by ethnic strife, the province remains ungovernable
  该省因受种族冲突困扰而失控。
• 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。
• Inspire us to seek our brothers amid the strife.
  激发我们在冲突中寻找我们的兄弟。
• The strife in Libya is a good reason for investors to go "risk-off".
  利比亚发生的冲突，为投资者“抛售风险资产”提供了一个不错的理由。
• 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。
• 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。