strife
纷争,争斗,争吵,争执
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Definitions
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- : vigorous or bitter conflict, discord, or antagonism: to be at strife.
- : a quarrel, struggle, or clash: armed strife.
- : competition or rivalry: the strife of the marketplace.
- : Archaic. strenuous effort.
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Examples
Their bonds become solid and even unshakable, no matter what strife they face.
They kicked off the new season with a serious reflection on internal strife at the Times, grappling with their own feelings about the “N Word.”
They’re amazed that Americans fought in the Spanish Civil War as part of the International Brigades and that poetry appeared in radical journals in the midst of the strife.
Then imagine being shocked at the strife and hostility that results.
That sense of abandon and determination guarantees that the next era of social strife might once again find Gang of Four as its soundtrack.
Left and right think the way to address racial strife is through policy.
There were stories of distant strife, in Bosnia, Rwanda, and Northern Ireland, and those stories had the whiff of a different era.
Sectarian strife now empowers the civil wars in Syria, Iraq and Yemen and Al Qaedaism flourishes in the chaos.
With so many areas for potential strife, none of the past five Home Secretaries lasted more than two years in the job.
After all, the biggest names in the art world have cultivated their craft through heartbreak and emotional strife.
Never would the instance that had brought turmoil and strife into his life trouble him again.