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Conflict 15c Latin Past Participle 1181.Conflict 英 Kɒnflɪkt]美

正面 1181.conflict
英 ['kɒnflɪkt]美 ['kɑnflɪkt]

背面
释义:
n. 冲突,矛盾;斗争;争执vi. 冲突,抵触;争执;战斗
例句:
1. The ethnic populations are so intermingled that there's bound to be conflict.各民族人口如此杂居,肯定会发生冲突。

谐音:我投
conflict 冲突con-, 强调。-flict, 鞭子,击打,词源同flagellate(鞭笞), afflict.
conflictconflict: see profligateconflict (v.)early 15c., from Latin conflictus, past participle of confligere "to strike together, be in conflict," from com- "together" (see com-) + fligere "to strike" (see afflict). Related: Conflicted; conflicting.conflict (n.)early 15c., "armed encounter, battle," from Old French conflit and directly from Latin conflictus (see conflict (v.)). Meaning "struggle, quarrel" is from mid-15c. Psychological sense of "incompatible urges in one person" is from 1859 (hence conflicted, past participle adjective). Phrase conflict of interest was in use by 1743."

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