con.flict
n.(名词)
A state of open, often prolonged fighting; a battle or war.
战争:公开的长期的战斗的状态;战役或战争
A state of disharmony between incompatible or antithetical persons, ideas, or interests; a clash.
冲突:不相容或持不同见解的人思想或兴趣之间的矛盾;冲突
Psychology A psychic struggle, often unconscious, resulting from the opposition or simultaneous functioning of mutually exclusive impulses, desires, or tendencies.
【心理学】 心理挣扎:通常是潜意识的心理冲突,是由互相排斥的情感、欲望或倾向对立或同时起作用而引起的
Opposition between characters or forces in a work of drama or fiction, especially opposition that motivates or shapes the action of the plot.
冲突:戏剧或小说中人物或势力间的对立,尤指推动或影响故事情节的矛盾冲突
v.intr.(不及物动词)
con.flict.ed,con.flict.ing,con.flicts[k…n-flkt.]
To be in or come into opposition; differ.
对立或形成对立;不同
Archaic To engage in warfare.
【古语】 参加战斗
来源:
Middle English
中古英语
from Latin cônfloctus [collision] [from past participle of] cônflogere [to strike together]
源自 拉丁语 cônfloctus [冲撞] [] 源自cônflogere的过去分词 [一起斗争]
com- [com-]
com- [前缀,表.一起.]
flogere [to strike]
flogere [打击]
【引伸】
conflic.tion
n.(名词)
conflic.tive
adj.(形容词)
conflic.tual
<参考词汇><同义词>conflict,contest,combat,fight,affrayThese nouns denote struggle between opposing forces for victory or supremacy.
这些名词都是指两个对立势力为了取得胜利或优势而进行的争斗。
Conflict applies both to open fighting between hostile groups and to a struggle, often an inner struggle, between antithetical forces:
Conflict 用于指敌对组织的公开的战争或对立势力间的内部斗争:
例句:
.Fortunately analysis is not the only way to resolve inner conflicts.Life itself still remains a very effective therapist. (Karen Horney).
.幸运的是分析并不是解决内部冲突的唯一方法,生活本身就是一种非常好的治疗方法. (卡伦·赫尼)。
Contest can refer either to friendly competition or to a hostile struggle to achieve an objective:
Contest 可以指友好的竞争也可以指带有敌意的斗争:
例句:
an archery contest;
箭术比赛;
例句:
a spelling contest;
拼写比赛;
例句:
the gubernatorial contest.
当权者的斗争。
Combat most commonly implies an encounter between two armed persons or groups:
Combat 通常指两个人或军队之间的遭遇战:
例句:
.Alexander had appeared to him, armed for combat. (Connop Thirlwall).
.亚历山大大帝全副武装的出现在他面前. (康诺朴·塞沃尔)。
Fight usually refers to a clash, physical or figurative,involving individual adversaries:
Fight 通常指身体的或象征性的冲突,包括指个人的不幸:
例句:
A fight was scheduled between the world boxing champion and the challenger.
世界拳击冠军和挑战者之间将有一场比赛。
例句:
.There is nothing I love as much as a good fight. (Franklin D. Roosevelt).
.我最喜欢的就是一场漂亮的战争. (富兰克林·D·罗斯福)。
Affray suggests a public fight or brawl:
Affray 指一场公开的战斗或打架:
例句:
.Yet still the poachers came . . . for affrays in woods and on moors with liveried armies of keepers. (Patricia Morison).See also Synonyms at discord
.仍有侵入者…不断到树林和荒野中对身着制服的守卫军队骚扰挑衅. (帕特里夏·莫里森)参见同义词 discord