单词
conflict
英 ['k?nfl?kt]
美['kɑnfl?kt]
基本信息
- n. 冲突，矛盾；斗争；争执
- vi. 冲突，抵触；争执；战斗
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英英释意
- 1. an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals);
- "the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph"--Thomas Paine
- "police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs"
- 2. opposition between two simultaneous but incompatible feelings;
- "he was immobilized by conflict and indecision"
- 3. a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war;
- "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga"
- "he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement"
- 4. a state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests;
- "his conflict of interest made him ineligible for the post"
- "a conflict of loyalties"
- 5. an incompatibility of dates or events;
- "he noticed a conflict in the dates of the two meetings"
- 6. opposition in a work of drama or fiction between characters or forces (especially an opposition that motivates the development of the plot);
- "this form of conflict is essential to Mann's writing"
- 7. a disagreement or argument about something important;
- "he had a dispute with his wife"
- "there were irreconcilable differences"
- "the familiar conflict between Republicans and Democrats"
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