factions

英 [ˈfækʃənz]

美 [ˈfækʃənz]

n.  (大团体中的)派系，派别，小集团; 派系斗争; 内讧; 纪实与虚构相结合的电影(或书等)
faction的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (大团体中的)派系，派别，小集团
  Afactionis an organized group of people within a larger group, which opposes some of the ideas of the larger group and fights for its own ideas.
  1. A peace agreement will be signed by the leaders of the country's warring factions.
     该国各敌对派系领导人将签署和平协议。
• N-UNCOUNT 派系之争;内讧
  Factionis also used to describe argument and disagreement within a group of people.
  1. Faction and self-interest appear to be the norm.
     派系之争和自私自利看来非常普遍。

双语例句

• The party split into petty factions.
  该党分裂成若干小派系。
• After three days of alarming violence between the two main Palestinian factions, Hamas says it's gaining ground.
  巴勒斯坦两大主要派别经过三天令人担忧的暴力斗争后，哈马斯称他们已有了获胜的希望。
• They agreed to form a council composed of leaders of the rival factions.
  他们同意成立一个由敌对派系的领袖组成的委员会。
• A group of smaller Palestinian factions signed the unity agreement in Cairo Tuesday.
  星期二，一些比较小的巴勒斯坦派系签署了团结协议。
• There are three factions in total; players must decide which faction to join.
  游戏中一共有三个派系，玩家必须决定加入某一个派系。
• No one previously aligned with Syria, the PLO, or the Moslem Lebanese factions would be acceptable.
  过去曾和叙利亚、巴解组织或黎巴嫩穆斯林各派站在一起的人都不成。
• Both factions have broadly agreed that the UN plan is a possible basis for negotiation.
  双方大致同意联合国的计划可能成为谈判的基础。
• Radical factions say the talks are getting nowhere and they want to withdraw
  激进派宣称谈判没有进展，他们打算退出。
• How to control for conflict between factions.
  如何控制派系间的冲突。
• There, the west backed rebel factions, which then fragmented.
  西方曾在那里支持叛军派系，后来这些叛军分崩离析了。