conflict

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英 ['kɒnflɪkt] 美['kɑnflɪkt]

释义

n. 冲突，矛盾；斗争；争执

vi. 冲突，抵触；争执；战斗

词态变化

复数: conflicts;第三人称单数: conflicts;过去式: conflicted;过去分词: conflicted;现在分词: conflicting;

近义词

struggle disagree oppose contest clash battle opposition fight

中文词源

conflict 冲突

con-, 强调。-flict, 鞭子，击打，词源同flagellate(鞭笞), afflict.

英文词源

conflict: conflict: see profligate
conflict (v.): early 15c., from Latin conflictus, past participle of confligere "to strike together, be in conflict," from com- "together" (see com-) + fligere "to strike" (see afflict). Related: Conflicted; conflicting.
conflict (n.): early 15c., "armed encounter, battle," from Old French conflit and directly from Latin conflictus (see conflict (v.)). Meaning "struggle, quarrel" is from mid-15c. Psychological sense of "incompatible urges in one person" is from 1859 (hence conflicted, past participle adjective). Phrase conflict of interest was in use by 1743.

双语例句

1. The ethnic populations are so intermingled that there's bound to be conflict.: 各民族人口如此杂居，肯定会发生冲突。

2. This was a straight conflict of directly opposed aims.: 这是完全对立的目标之间的正面冲突。

3. The time has come to put an end to the conflict.: 结束冲突的时候到了。

4. He has attempted to find a peaceful solution to the Ossetian conflict.: 他试图寻求和平解决奥赛梯冲突的方案。

5. He's looking for a way out from this conflict.: 他正在想办法摆脱这一纷争。

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"

实用场景例句

Reports conflicted on how much of the aid was reaching the famine victims.: 究竟有多少援助到了饥民手里，相关报告彼此矛盾。

These results conflict with earlier findings.: 这些结果与早期的发现相矛盾。

conflicting emotions/interests/loyalties: 相互矛盾的感情 / 利益 / 忠诚

There was a conflict of interest between his business dealings and his political activities.: 他的商务交往与政治活动之间存在着利益冲突。

Many of these ideas appear to be in conflict with each other.: 这些观念中有许多看上去似乎相互矛盾。

Her diary was a record of her inner conflict.: 她的日记记录了她内心的矛盾。

armed/military conflict: 武装 / 军事冲突

The story tells of a classic conflict between love and duty.: 这故事讲的是典型的爱情与责任之间的矛盾。

The government has done nothing to resolve the conflict over nurses' pay.: 政府未采取任何措施来解决护士工资问题引发的冲突。

John often comes into conflict with his boss.: 约翰经常和他的老板发生争执。

She found herself in conflict with her parents over her future career.: 她发现自己在将来择业的问题上与父母存在着分歧。

The violence was the result of political and ethnic conflicts.: 那次暴力是政治与种族冲突的结果。

a conflict between two cultures: 两种文化的冲突

He held firm opinions which usually conflicted with my own...: 他所持的观点通常与我的相左，而且很难改变。

Personal ethics and professional ethics sometimes conflict...: 个人道德和职业道德有时会相互抵触。

Do you feel any conflict of loyalties?...: 有没有觉得两面效忠存在冲突？

There is a conflict between what they are doing and what you want...: 他们所做的与你想要的之间存在冲突。

The National Security Council has met to discuss ways of preventing a military conflict.: 国家安全委员会开会讨论防止发生军事冲突的办法。

...talks aimed at ending four decades of conflict...: 旨在结束持续了40年的冲突的会谈

...the anguish of his own inner conflict.: 内心矛盾给他带来的极大痛苦

Employees already are in conflict with management over job cuts...: 雇员已经就裁员一事与管理层发生了争执。

Try to keep any conflict between you and your ex-partner to a minimum...: 尽量将自己与前配偶之间的摩擦减到最小。

The Current Corporate Communication refers to the Interim Report 2010 of the Company.: 本申请表格所提及之本次公司通讯文件指本公司2010中期报告.

An independent adviser has been brought in to conciliate between the two sides involved in the conflict.: 一位独立顾问被请来调停卷入冲突的两方.

The conflict between them seems ceaseless.: 他们之间冲突似乎没个止息.

Do British immigration laws conflict with any international laws?: 英国的移民法与国际法有抵触吗 ?

Both sides in the conflict have agreed temporarily to suspend hostilities.: 冲突双方同意暂时停火.

考试真题

This behaviour may have evolved as dogs gradually learned they could benefit from avoiding conflicts with humans.

Avoiding conflicts may have helped dogs develop better bonds with humans.

Rather than superpower conflict, countries unable to cope with food shortages now constitute the main threat to world security.

In the 20th century the main threat to international security was superpower conflict; today it is failing states.

It's not easy for most people to actively seek conflict.

It's nice to have people agree, but you need conflicting perspectives to dig out the truth.

cause a lot of conflicts in the family

conflicts between couples tend to rise

Several recent studies have found that being randomly (随机地) assigned to a roommate of another race can lead to increased tolerance but also to a greater likelihood (可能性)of conflict.

According to two recent studies, randomly assigned roommates of different races are more likely to experience conflicts so strained that one roommate will move out.

I've experienced roommate conflicts between interracial students that have both broken down stereotypes and reinforced stereotypes," said one Penn resident advisor (RA).

The RA of two years added that while some conflicts "provided more multicultural acceptance and melding (融合)," there were also "jarring cultural confrontations.

The RA said that these conflicts have also occurred among roommates of the same race

Conflicts between students of different races are unavoidable.

Conflicts between labor and management.

At the workplace, men use conflict as a way to position themselves, while women often avoid conflict or strive to be the peacemaker,because they don't want to be viewed as aggressive or disruptive at work.

It's time to reevaluate how women handle conflict at work.

This difference in handling conflict could be the deciding factor on who gets promoted to a leadership position and who does not.

The conditions creating the stress are long hours, unrealistic demands and deadlines, and work-life conflict.

After six months, the employees who participated in ROWE reported reduced work-family conflict and a better sense of control of their time, and they were getting a full hour of extra sleep each night.

They may be involved in a conflict of interest.

Some doctors see a potential conflict in trying to be both providers of patient care and financial overseers.

Conflicts between doctors and patients.

creates conflicts among colleagues

The growing conflicts among ethnic groups.

They are more likely to encounter interracial conflicts

Intergenerational conflicts will intensify.

These changes have cleared up much of the confusion and conflict that followed in the wake of 1976 legislation.

My sister just happened to have one and she can't go since she has got some sort of conflict in her schedule.

Her schedule conflicts with her sister's.

After six months, the employees who participated in ROWE reported reduced work-family conflict and a better sense of control of their time, and they were getting a full hour of extra sleep each night.

Robots must obey humans, except where the order would conflict with Law 1.

So much research has explored the way in which collegial ties can help overcome a range of workplace issues affecting productivity and the quality of work output such as team-based conflict, jealousy, undermining, anger, and more.

According to a paper in 2011 by Mr Hsiang and co-authors, civil conflict is related to El nino's harmful effects.

Conflict is on the menu tonight at the café La Chope.

Corporate and institutional office designers often struggle to resolve a number of competing and often conflicting demands, including budgetary limits, employee hierarchies, and technological innovationespecially in relation to computerization.

If we are not careful, then, we could face a kind of global chess match against very determined, super intelligent machines whose objectives conflict with our own, with the real world as the chessboard.

Other cultures may use silence in other ways, particularly when dealing with conflicts among people or in relationships of people with different amounts of power.

Some people worry that the new language requirement may cause conflicts among people.

The conflict between farmers and gray wolves.

This upsets me to no end because while all the experts are busy debating about which option is been the people who want to improve their lives are left confused by all of the conflicting information.

When an individual ant comes under attack or is dying, it sends out an alarm pheromone to warn the colony to prepare for a conflict as a defense unit.

The conflict has been surfacing since 2002, when the corporation bought Vermont’s only nuclear power plant, an aging reactor in Vernon.

Two of the three objecting Justice-Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas-agreed with this Constitutional logic but disagreed about which Arizona rules conflicted with the federal statute.

The White House argued that Arizona's laws conflicted with its enforcement priorities, even if state laws complied with federal statutes to the letter.

Mental health is the source of creativity for solving problems, resolving conflict, making our surroundings more beautiful,managing our home life, or coming up with a creative business idea or invention to make our lives easier.

Anti-immigrant sentiment typically increases, as does conflict between races and classes.

The conflict has been surfacing since 2002, when the corporation bought Vermont's only nuclear power plant, an aging reactor in Vernon.

同义词辨析

bump, clash, collide, conflict

这些动词均含"碰撞"之意。

bump：主要指具体东西的有力碰撞，也可指碰到困难或障碍。

clash：指有力的或带有金属碰击声的打、敲或相互冲击。

collide：多指带毁坏性的猛烈相撞，也可指严重的直接冲突。

conflict：这个词以前可表具体东西的撞击，现在常指冲突或对立。

controversy, argument, conflict, debate, dispute, quarrel, strife

这组名词均有"争执，不和"之意。

controversy：侧重指深刻的意见分歧，多指对引起广泛兴趣或非常重要的问题的辨论。

argument：指辩论双方均以事实或理由来说服对方的辨论。

conflict：指双方坚持已见、互不妥协，怀有敌意的争论，多暗示分歧极为严重，有时用语言无法解决，只得诉诸武力。

debate：通常指经过仔细组织和计划的个人或团体之间的辩论。

dispute：普通用词，侧重指长时间，言词激烈，针锋相对的争辩。

quarrel：普通用词，既可指言词激烈的争吵，也可指温和的言词上的不和。

strife：指因不可缓和的矛盾而引起的争吵或斗殴。