基本释义
[noun] a crack, split, or break in something
[名词] 某物的裂纹、裂缝或缝隙
深入解读
Rift 是一个比较简单好记的4字母单词,通过它可以联想起不少与之结尾相同的单词来,诸如 gift, lift, sift, shift, swift, drift 等。
该词源自北欧语,最早出现于14世纪初,本义是指“裂纹、裂缝、裂口”,通常表示由某种自然过程造成的断裂,包括山上岩石的裂缝以及地球表面的断裂、断陷谷、长峡谷等,比如:
- 不要践踏石缝中生长的小野花
Don’t trample on the tiny wild flowers growing in the rifts in the rock.
进而也可以用 rift 引申指云间“缝隙”或林间“隙地”,比如云罅(a rift in the clouds)、林间隙地(a rift in a forest )。
等到了17世纪20年代后, rift 开始用来喻指人际关系等的“分歧、裂痕”,即友好关系的严重破裂或严重不和,常意味着类似于自然形成的岩石裂缝那般,起初很小但有扩大风险,比如:
- 即将爆发的裂痕
a simmering rift - 不断加深的分歧
a growing or widening or deepening rift - 弥合总统和政府之间的分歧
mend/heal a rift between the President and the government
外刊例句
- Japan Inc is caught in the rift between America and China.
中美失和,殃及日企。
——《经济学人》
- Officials tried to play down the rift.
官员们试图淡化分歧。
——《纽约时报》
常见短语
“rift“(裂缝,分裂)是一个名词,通常用来描述物体之间的裂缝或不和谐的状态。以下是一些包含单词 “rift” 的短语,附带中文解释:
- Deep rift(深裂缝)
- Political rift(政治分裂)
- Economic rift(经济分裂)
- Family rift(家庭矛盾)
- Cultural rift(文化分歧)
- Ideological rift(意识形态分裂)
- Social rift(社会分裂)
- Emotional rift(情感裂痕)
- Growing rift(不断扩大的裂缝)
- Bridging the rift(弥合分歧)
- rift between generations(代沟)
- Religious rift(宗教分歧)
- Racial rift(种族分裂)
- rift within the team(团队内部的矛盾)
- Diplomatic rift(外交分歧)
- Cultural rift(文化分裂)
- rift in relationships(关系中的矛盾)
- Deepening rift(加深的裂缝)
- National rift(国家分裂)
- rift between neighbors(邻国分歧)
- Generation gap rift(代沟矛盾)
- rift in the alliance(联盟内部的分歧)
- rift over policies(政策分歧)
- Ideological rift(意识形态裂痕)
- rift within the family(家庭内部的矛盾)
- Social rift(社会不和谐)
- Emotional rift(情感裂缝)
- rift in communication(沟通不畅)
- Racial rift(种族矛盾)
- Bridging the rift(弥合分歧)
- rift within the organization(组织内部的矛盾)
- Diplomatic rift(外交不和谐)
- Political rift(政治裂痕)
- Cultural rift(文化矛盾)
- Economic rift(经济矛盾)
- Family rift(家庭矛盾)
- Growing rift(日益加深的分歧)
- Religious rift(宗教不和谐)
- Emotional rift(情感不和谐)
- Bridging the rift(弥合不和谐)
- rift between partners(合作伙伴分歧)
- rift in opinion(意见分歧)
- Generation gap rift(代沟冲突)
- rift in values(价值观分歧)
- Ideological rift(意识形态不和谐)
- Political rift(政治分歧)
- Emotional rift(情感矛盾)
- Social rift(社会裂缝)
- Economic rift(经济裂痕)
- Family rift(家庭冲突)
同近义词
crack: a line on the surface of something along which it has split without breaking apart
fissure: a long, narrow opening or line of breakage made by cracking or splitting, especially in rock or earth
fracture: a crack or break in a hard object or material, typically a bone or a rock stratum