strife
英[straɪf]
美[straɪf]
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》