rift

英 [rɪft]

美 [rɪft]

n.  分裂; 分歧; 严重不和; 断裂; 裂缝; 裂口

复数：rifts　现在分词：rifting　过去式：rifted　过去分词：rifted　

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Collins.1 / BNC.8766 / COCA.10462

牛津词典

noun

• 分裂；分歧；严重不和
  a serious disagreement between people that stops their relationship from continuing
  1. The rift within the party deepened.
     党内的分歧加深了。
  2. Efforts to heal the rift between the two countries have failed.
     弥合两国间分歧的各种努力都已失败。
• 断裂；裂缝；裂口
  a large crack or opening in the ground, rocks or clouds

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (关系的)严重不和，裂痕，争议
  Ariftbetween people or countries is a serious quarrel or disagreement that stops them having a good relationship.
  1. The interview reflected a growing rift between the President and the government...
     这段采访反映了总统和政府之间的裂痕越来越大。
  2. He has warned that the serious rifts within the country could lead to civil war...
     他已经发出了警告，国家内部严重的不和可能会引发内战。
  3. They hope to heal the rift with their father.
     他们希望能够弥合和父亲之间的裂痕。
• (尤指地面的)裂缝，裂口
  Ariftis a split that appears in something solid, especially in the ground.

英英释义

noun

• a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
  1. they hoped to avoid a break in relations
  Synonym:rupturebreachbreakseverancefalling out
• a narrow fissure in rock
• a gap between cloud masses
  1. the sun shone through a rift in the clouds

双语例句

• A republic in eastern Africa; major archeological discoveries have been made in the Great Rift Valley in Kenya.
  非洲东部一个共和国；肯尼亚中的东非大裂谷中有重大考古发现。
• The rift valley is a classic example of a divergent plate boundary.
  裂谷是一个典型的例子一个不同的板块边界。
• Why this apparent rift between the church and science.
  为什么在教会和科学之间有着这么明显的不同。
• With intense neotectonic movement, Baikal rift zone is one of the typical continental rift zones in the world.
  贝加尔裂谷带是全球典型的大陆裂谷带之一，新构造运动强烈。
• The Baikal rift system was formed due to faulting on the late Cretaceous? Eocene. Epoch planation surface base.
  在晚白垩世&始新世夷平面基础上，由于断裂作用形成了贝加尔裂谷系。
• You should have seen rift plat it when I got it.
  你应该看到裂痕开发平台，它时，我得到了它。
• He has warned that the serious rifts within the country could lead to civil war
  他已经发出了警告，国家内部严重的不和可能会引发内战。
• Today Sophie and her sister have healed the family rift and visit their family every weekend
  如今索菲和她的姐姐已经和家人和好，每个周末都回家探望他们。
• In mid-March, new clusters of Rift Valley Fever cases occurred.
  在3月中，发生了新的聚集性裂谷热病例。
• The Rift Valley marks a weakness in the earth's crust.
  东非大裂谷是地壳的一个薄弱地带。