詞彙精選：strife的用法和辨析

一、詳細釋義：

n.

嚴重不和，爭吵，衝突，鬥爭

例句：

Poverty breeds strife.

貧困引起衝突。

例句：

Internal strife defeats the purpose of teamwork.

內部爭鬥挫傷了團隊合作的目的。

二、詞義辨析：

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

這組名詞均有“爭執、不和”之意。controversy側重指深刻的意見分歧，多指對引起廣泛興趣或非常重要的問題的辨論。argument指辯論雙方均以事實或理由來說服對方的辨論。conflict指雙方堅持已見、互不妥協，懷有敵意的爭論，多暗示分歧極爲嚴重，有時用語言無法解決，只得訴諸武力。 debate通常指經過仔細組織和計劃的個人或團體之間的辯論。dispute普通用詞，側重指長時間，言詞激烈，針鋒相對的爭辯。quarrel普通用詞，既可指言詞激烈的爭吵，也可指溫和的言詞上的不和。strife指因不可緩和的矛盾而引起的爭吵或鬥毆。

三、參考例句：

Internal strife defeats the purpose of teamwork.

內部爭鬥挫傷了團隊合作的目的。

She was faint with strife and dejected.

她被爭吵弄得精疲力竭，情緒低落。

The internecine strife was caused by a shortage of food.

這次內部衝突是由於食物匱乏而引致的。

She was unhappy because of the family strife.

她因家庭不和而悲傷。

Strife in nature is but disorder longing for order.

自然界的紛爭不過是渴望着秩序的無序。

But the strife will worsen if he stays on.

但是，若他仍戀棧權位，衝突更將惡化。

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

在衝突和騷亂的年代裏，圖書館及其藏書會遭受各種各樣的災難。

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

石油給這個南部非洲國家帶來了巨大的財富，但高稅收和內亂讓物價居高不下。

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

當然並不是這場鬥爭導致帕斯捷爾納克不再寫小說的，而是兩年後他因肺癌去世了。

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

但更多時候，職場衝突的真正深層原因在於處境本身，而不是相關人。