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conflict

英['kɒnflɪkt] 美['kɑnflɪkt]
  • n. 冲突,矛盾;斗争;争执
  • vi. 冲突,抵触;争执;战斗

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"