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单词 to make strife
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to make strife
f. to make strife: to cause dissension.
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society > society and the community > dissent > be in dissension or at variance [verb (intransitive)] > cause dissension
to make strife1303
to make the feathers flyc1430
to stir the coals1539
to make mischiefc1572
to blow the bellows1590
to blow the fire1670
to stir the pot1826
to stir (also rouse) the possum1900
to mix it1950
1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 1192 Take no wyfe For to make betwyxe ȝou stryfe.
c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1839) ii. 11 Thei seyd, that he made Discord and Strif amonges hem.
1822 Ld. Byron Heaven & Earth i. iii, in Liberal 1 189 Get thee hence, son of Noah; thou mak'st strife.
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to make strife
3. Competition, emulation; an effort or exertion of rivalry, a contest of emulation. †to make strife: to contend or compete (for). †by strifes: in emulation or rivalry.
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society > society and the community > dissent > competition or rivalry > [noun]
rivality1528
strife1530
envy1541
emulation1552
contention1576
pinglinga1578
countermatch1581
paragon1590
competency1594
corrivality1598
rivalry1598
concurrence1603
contestation1603
competitiona1608
rivalling1607
concurrency1609
strift1612
corrivalry1614
rivalty1631
contest1648
corrivalty1649
coping1678
co-rivalry1835
rivalism1850
society > society and the community > dissent > competition or rivalry > compete with [verb (transitive)] > compete for
to make strife1530
dispute1655
contest1726
opposea1822
to race off1897
society > society and the community > dissent > competition or rivalry > in competition or rivalry [phrase]
at (a) vie1591
in vie (of)1591
on vie1591
by strifes1630
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 277/1 Stryfe bytwene two, brigue.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 277/2 Stryfe who shall do best, estriue a lestriuee.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 630/1 I make stryfe to gette an offyce that gothe by election, je brigue.
1561 T. Hoby in tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer Ep. Translatour sig. A.iiii With an honest strife of matching others.
1593 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis sig. Ciij His Art with Natures workmanship at strife, As if the dead the liuing should exceed. View more context for this quotation
1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. M3v Then sonne and father weep with equall strife, Who shuld weep most for daughter or for wife. View more context for this quotation
1623 B. Jonson in W. Shakespeare Comedies, Hist. & Trag. sig. A1v Wherein the Grauer had a strife with Nature, to out-doo the life.
1630 R. Norton tr. W. Camden Hist. Princesse Elizabeth i. 56 The wealthier Inhabitants also of the Sea-coasts..built them ships of warre by striues who should exceede.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals vii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 31 Great was the strife betwixt the Singing Swains.
1709 J. Johnson Clergy-man's Vade Mecum: Pt. II p. cx In those Ages, when..the Laity did as it were by strifes run into Monasteries.
1710 W. Congreve Ode to Ld. Godolphin in Wks. III. 1099 Thus Gods contended, (noble Strife! Worthy the heav'nly Mind) Who most should do to soften anxious Life.
1836 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece II. 305 Let us still be rivals: but let our strife be, which can best serve our country.
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