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词汇 strife
释义 strife
noun[ U ]
 formaluk /straɪf/ us /straɪf/
violent or angry disagreement: 冲突;纠纷;争吵
What are the prospects for overcoming the strife between the Christian minority and Muslim majority?解决基督教少数派和穆斯林多数派之间冲突的前景如何?
20 years of civil strife have left the country's economy in ruins.20年的内战使该国经济满目疮痍。
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strife | American Dictionary


strife
noun[ U ]
us/strɑɪf/
angry disagreement or violent actions:
civil/ethnic/political strife
He led the union through several years of labor strife.

strife | Business English


strife
noun[ U ]
uk /straɪf/us
disagreements between groups of people:
industrial/financial/political strife
boardroom/internal strife

Examples of strife


strife
Throughout the whole country we know that there have been for some years past a series of strifes between the club doctors and the clubs themselves.
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I believe from the bottom of my heart that we are at this hour, notwithstanding these very strifes, drawing nearer to one another in the deepest things.
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We also believe that it has given rise to all sorts of discontent and squabbles, and in some cases the discontent has broken out into open strifes and direct revolt.
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I cannot compound these strifes.
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Their testimonies highlight how closely revivalism was bound up in the politics of familial strife.
Instead, it probably entered a feedback relationship with established agricultural systems and growing political strife shown in war fare.
The author thereby presents us with a startling picture of religious strife.
The project represented a source of alternative employment to the nearby fishermen, at least until the labor strife in the early months of 1852.
From 1826 taxes were paid in paper money, and their collection was extremely inefficient given the contemporary administrative disorder and political strife.
Religious disputes, for example, might factionalize the system and prevent disinterested deliberation or mutual accommodation in other areas, or even lead to civil strife.
When the alternative is very destructive internal strife, the cost may seem cheap.
Daily operations within the factories suffered further from the political strife caused by interventors who saw themselves as representatives of their party.
He thinks it is problematic to appeal in practical ethics to a disputed moral outlook and invite social strife.
He contrasted a golden age with current economic strife.
In some cases, the passage marked a time of personal strife or crisis.
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Collocations withstrife


strife

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civil strife
Both countries are emerging, to varying degrees, from years of civilstrife and economic decline (or collapse).
domestic strife
Nobles did make attempts throughout this period to bolster the unity of the lineage by putting in place mechanisms for the regulation and arbitration of domestic strife.
internal strife
These calculations would be further complicated under the extraordinary circumstances of secession, internalstrife in border regions, and civil war.
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