词汇精选：strife的用法和辨析

一、详细释义：

n.

严重不和，争吵，冲突，斗争

例句：

Poverty breeds strife.

贫困引起冲突。

例句：

Internal strife defeats the purpose of teamwork.

内部争斗挫伤了团队合作的目的。

二、词义辨析：

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。

三、参考例句：

Internal strife defeats the purpose of teamwork.

内部争斗挫伤了团队合作的目的。

She was faint with strife and dejected.

她被争吵弄得精疲力竭，情绪低落。

The internecine strife was caused by a shortage of food.

这次内部冲突是由于食物匮乏而引致的。

She was unhappy because of the family strife.

她因家庭不和而悲伤。

Strife in nature is but disorder longing for order.

自然界的纷争不过是渴望着秩序的无序。

But the strife will worsen if he stays on.

但是，若他仍恋栈权位，冲突更将恶化。

Libraries and their contents are in serious hazard in times of strife and turmoil.

在冲突和骚乱的年代里，图书馆及其藏书会遭受各种各样的灾难。

Oil has brought this southern African country vast riches, but high taxes and internal strife keep prices extremely high.

石油给这个南部非洲国家带来了巨大的财富，但高税收和内乱让物价居高不下。

However, it was not this strife which meant Pasternak never published another novel, but the fact he died two years later from lung cancer.

当然并不是这场斗争导致帕斯捷尔纳克不再写小说的，而是两年后他因肺癌去世了。

But more often than not, the real underlying cause of workplace strife is the situation itself, rather than the people involved.

但更多时候，职场冲突的真正深层原因在于处境本身，而不是相关人。