strife

英[straɪf] 美[straɪf]
  • n. 冲突;争吵;不和

词态变化


复数: strives;

助记提示


1. strive, strife 是同源词(v <-->f),因此它们的含义很相近;其实,stride 与 strive, strife 也是同源词,只是 stride 的引申义引申得比较远,因此仅从含义上看不出它们的同源性。
2. 古高地德语:*strit- "fight, combat, contention; quarrel, dispute" => 古法语:*strit- / *strif- "quarrel, dispute" => strife => strive.
3. 古高地德语:*strit- "fight, combat, contention" => *strid- => stride (其字面含义,其实就是两条腿之间的对峙、竞争,两条腿怎样才能形成对峙呢,当然就是叉开腿,形成跨步、跨立姿势),由此引申出了如今的含义,straddle 就是 stride 的同源同引申义的词.
4. *strid- => *strad- + -le (双写d加-le, 反复体后缀)。
5. strive 和 strife 如今的含义出现了一定的分化,strive 多用来指褒义的努力、尽力在竞争、争斗中获得胜利,而 strife 则多来指中性的竞争、争斗的这种行为。
6. strive => strife.
7. 区别:strive 和 strife: strife <= fight, 尾部字母f与fight联系在一起。
8. 谐音“死拽fight”。

中文词源


strife 冲突,争斗

来自 strive 的动词形式。词性比较 proof,prove.

英文词源


strife
strife: see strive
strife (n.)
c. 1200, "quarrel, fight, discord," from Old French estrif "fight, battle, combat, conflict; torment, distress; dispute, quarrel," variant of estrit "quarrel, dispute, impetuosity," probably from Frankish *strid "strife, combat" or another Germanic source (compare Old High German strit "quarrel, dispute"), related to Old High German stritan "to fight;" see stride (v.).

双语例句


1. Beset by ethnic strife, the province remains ungovernable.
该省因受种族冲突困扰而失控。

来自柯林斯例句

2. It remains a highly unstable and strife-torn country.
这仍是一个动荡不安、冲突不断的国家。

来自柯林斯例句

3. The country was torn apart by strife.
这个国家被内部纷争搞得四分五裂。

来自《权威词典》

4. The reactionary ruling clique was torn by internal strife.
反动统治集团内部勾心斗角,四分五裂.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. We do not intend to be drawn into the internal strife.
我们不想卷入内乱之中.

来自《简明英汉词典》