Faction
['fækʃ(ə)n] or ['fækʃən]
解釋/意思:
(n.) One of the divisions or parties of charioteers (distinguished by their colors) in the games of the circus.
(n.) A party, in political society, combined or acting in union, in opposition to the government, or state; -- usually applied to a minority, but it may be applied to a majority; a combination or clique of partisans of any kind, acting for their own interests, especially if greedy, clamorous, and reckless of the common good.
(n.) Tumult; discord; dissension.
整理:马库斯
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Combination (against a government), cabal, junto, clique, party. [2]. Tumult, discord, dissension, disagreement.
伯特兰校對
同義詞及反義詞：
[See CABAL]
編輯:内尔达
解釋/意思:
n. a company of persons associated or acting together mostly used in a bad sense: a contentious party in a state or society: dissension.—adj. Fac′tional.—ns. Fac′tionary a member of a faction; Fac′tionist.—adj. Fac′tious turbulent: disloyal.—adv. Fac′tiously.—n. Fac′tiousness.
海勒姆手打
例句/造句/用法:
- Sir Leicester is whipped in to the rescue of the Doodle Party and the discomfiture of the Coodle Faction. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- In its incipience at least it is evident that the Royal Society was filled with the spirit of tolerance and co?pera tion, and was singularly free from the spirit of envy and faction. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- Times of violent religious controversy have generally been times of equally violent political faction. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- The other guests were now fast dispersing, with the exception of those immediately attached to Prince John's faction, and his retinue. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- After each uprising the victors usually banished a great number of the defeated faction from the city. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- Not in a land of war and blood, surrounded by hostile neighbours, and distracted by internal factions, can Israel hope to rest during her wanderings. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Civil disturbance had become a custom in Athens; the fortunes of the city seemed given over to strife of factions. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- Among the officers of the Xavarian I thought I could discern division into factions ere we had reached Helium. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- The good temper and moderation of contending factions seem to be the most essential circumstances in the public morals of a free people. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Inconsistent: yes, he tried to be the leader of factions at war with one another. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- Parliament was divided by three factions, aristocrats, democrats, and royalists. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- Everybody in the town was ranged in one or other of these factions. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
手打:维罗妮卡