strife
🇬🇧 UK/straif/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions
n.
Bitter conflict or disagreement, sometimes involving violence
争斗,冲突,纷争
🧩 Root Breakdown
Native Englishstrifeother
=strife
Common Collocations
- 1.civil strife内乱,内部纷争
- 2.internal strife内部矛盾
- 3.sectarian strife宗派纷争
- 4.strife-torn饱受纷争之苦的
Example Sentences
- 1.
Years of civil strife left the country's infrastructure in ruins.
- 2.
The manager worked hard to reduce strife between the two rival departments.
- 3.
Religious strife has plagued the region for centuries.