Discord
['dɪskɔːd] or ['dɪskɔrd]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) strife resulting from a lack of agreement.
(noun.) disagreement among those expected to cooperate.
(noun.) lack of agreement or harmony.
校對:齐利格--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. i.) Want of concord or agreement; absence of unity or harmony in sentiment or action; variance leading to contention and strife; disagreement; -- applied to persons or to things, and to thoughts, feelings, or purposes.
(v. i.) Union of musical sounds which strikes the ear harshly or disagreeably, owing to the incommensurability of the vibrations which they produce; want of musical concord or harmony; a chord demanding resolution into a concord.
(n.) To disagree; to be discordant; to jar; to clash; not to suit.
校對:伦道夫
同義詞及近義詞:
n. [1].Disagreement, contention, strife, dissension.[2].Dissonance, discordance, harshness, jarring, want of harmony.
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同義詞及反義詞:
[See CONCORD]
編輯:威拉
解釋/意思:
n. opposite of concord: disagreement strife: difference or contrariety of qualities: a combination of inharmonious sounds: uproarious noise.—v.i. Discord′ to disagree.—ns. Discord′ance Discord′ancy.—adj. Discord′ant without concord or agreement: inconsistent: contradictory: harsh: jarring.—adv. Discord′antly.—adj. Discord′ful (Spens.).—Apple of discord (see Apple).
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例句/造句/用法:
- This the Muses affirm to be the stock from which discord has sprung, wherever arising; and this is their answer to us. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- I was a discord in Gateshead Hall: I was like nobody there; I had nothing in harmony with Mrs. Reed or her children, or her chosen vassalage. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- And any difference which arises among them will be regarded by them as discord only--a quarrel among friends, which is not to be called a war? 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- Let the heart swell into what discord it will, thus plays the rippling water on the prow of the ferry-boat ever the same tune. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- She went on, with the discord jarring and jolting through her, in the most barren of misery. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- It all came back upon her; not merely the sorrow, but the terrible discord in the sorrow. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- This hostility exacerbated the natural discord of nomad and townsman. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Can there be any greater evil than discord and distraction and plurality where unity ought to reign? 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- Ate flung the apple of discord on the table of the gods, but it would have done no harm but for woman's jealousy. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- This Helena will be an apple of discord, as was her predecessor of Troy. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- Pile dirge on dirge; rouse the funereal chords; let the air ring with dire wailing; let wild discord rush on the wings of the wind! 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- The discord jarred upon her inexpressibly. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- The dragon's teeth are already sown amongst Mr. Yorke's young olive-branches; discord will one day be the harvest. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- It brought a jar of discord, a pang of regret; it was not flattering, yet, after all, I ought to be thankfulit might have been worse. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- The greatest good of a State is unity; the greatest evil, discord and distraction. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- In despair of other solutions to its intellectual discords it had resorted to arbitrary authority. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
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