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

• 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。
• 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。
• All of Papa's violence went into the drama of his life, into family strife, and sentiment.
  爸爸的全部激情猛劲，早就在那戏剧性的一生中、在家庭的纠纷和感情中消磨殆尽了。
• Inspire us to seek our brothers amid the strife.
  激发我们在冲突中寻找我们的兄弟。
• 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。
• 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。
• For spoiling and violence are before me: and there are that raise up strife and contention.
  毁灭和强暴在我面前。又起了争端和相斗的事。
• 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。
• 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。
• We would have avoided all this suffering simply by shrinking from strife.
  要是我们在冲突面前畏缩不前，我们可以避免这些痛苦；