conflict

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

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中文词源


conflict 冲突

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

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;

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。

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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。

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

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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。

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

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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.