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单词 feud
释义
feud
(fjd )
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
long-running feud
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
long-standing feud
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.
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ongoing feud
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.
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He also cast doubt on his fathers testimony, and claimed his ongoing feud with his son was the reason he testified for the defence.
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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.
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personal feud
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.
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public feud
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.
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Translations:
Chinese: 积怨
Japanese: 確執
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