单词 | feud |
释义 | feud (fjuːd ) Word forms: feuds , feuding , feuded 1. countable noun A feud is a quarrel in which two people or groups remain angry with each other for a long time, although they are not always fighting or arguing. ...a long and bitter feud between the state government and the villagers. Synonyms: hostility, row, conflict, argument 2. verb If one person or group feuds with another, they have a quarrel that lasts a long time. You can also say that two people or groups feud. He feuded with his ex-wife. [VERB + with] Their families had feuded since their teenage daughters quarrelled two years ago. [VERB] Synonyms: quarrel, row, clash, dispute Collocations: internal feud As well as playing a key role in external publicity campaigns, he had to contend with internal feuds and rivalry between directors. Times, Sunday Times Like most villages, it has its internal feuds, quarrels which persist across generations. The Times Literary Supplement First, he has told his staff to end their internal feuds and jockeying for position and give him some boasting points. Times, Sunday Times Their fragile alliances; how when reunited they're still stuck in a birth-order dynamic; the internal feuds which abruptly end to see off an outsider. Times, Sunday Times Only a new broom, unbound by loyalties and internal feuds, could clean the stables, runs the argument. Times, Sunday Times They were said to have been involved in a long-running feud. The Sun A tenth of the 2,000 adults polled said they had a 'long-running feud' of more than four years with neighbours. Times, Sunday Times But yesterday an old foe resurrected a long-running feud, accusing his rival of using the 'lamest excuse'. Times, Sunday Times He had a long-running feud with members of his family and has been described as cool and distant, even by those who admire him. Times, Sunday Times The rules ended a long-running feud between the struggling car industry, environmentalists and individual states over fuel standards. Times, Sunday Times The brawl erupted over a long-standing feud between the two. The Sun The three are thought to have had a blazing row over a long-standing feud. The Sun How will the long-standing feud between the rival families be resolved? ST The move appeared to bring to an end a long-standing feud between the pair. The Sun The two were delivering a message that would have ended a long-standing feud, had it arrived. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Or they will get wind of an ongoing feud and use every argument that they can muster to calm things down. Times, Sunday Times They don't like each other these teams, and relations won't have improved after the latest instalment of their ongoing feud. Times, Sunday Times Both used to be friends and are known to have an ongoing feud which goes back a number of years. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He also cast doubt on his fathers testimony, and claimed his ongoing feud with his son was the reason he testified for the defence. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In light of an ongoing feud between the two companies, experts in the field warned that the momentum of the electric vehicle market will be severely affected. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Yet they are holed by union shenanigans and personal feuds. Times, Sunday Times Politics and religion are blended seamlessly with personal feuds, courage with cowardice. The Times Literary Supplement His views, she said, were 'dangerously incoherent ... a series of bizarre rants, personal feuds and outright lies'. Times, Sunday Times As with most member moderated sites, many downmods are motivated by personal feuds. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The duo have since ended their public feud. The Sun The pair have already taken steps to end their public feud. The Sun Public feuding among its members threatened to derail the project, he warned. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 积怨 Japanese: 確執 |
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