单词 | conflict |
释义 | conflict —confliction, n. —conflictive, conflictory /keuhn flik"teuh ree/, adj. v. /keuhn flikt"/; n. /kon"flikt/, v.i. 1. to come into collision or disagreement; be contradictory, at variance, or in opposition; clash: The account of one eyewitness conflicted with that of the other. My class conflicts with my going to the concert. 2. to fight or contend; do battle. n. 3. a fight, battle, or struggle, esp. a prolonged struggle; strife. 4. controversy; quarrel: conflicts between parties. 5. discord of action, feeling, or effect; antagonism or opposition, as of interests or principles: a conflict of ideas. 6. a striking together; collision. 7. incompatibility or interference, as of one idea, desire, event, or activity with another: a conflict in the schedule. 8. Psychiatry. a mental struggle arising from opposing demands or impulses. [1375-1425; late ME (n.) < L conflictus a striking together, equiv. to conflig(ere) to strike together, contend (con- CON- + fligere to strike) + -tus suffix of v. action; (v.) < L conflictus, ptp. of confligere, or by v. use of the n.] Syn. 1. collide, oppose. 3. encounter, siege. See fight. 5. contention, opposition. Ant. 4. accord. |
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