riven
pronunciation
UK [ˈrɪvn]
US [ ˈrɪvn]
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- adj.
- 撕裂的，分裂的，硬给分开的
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- v.
- 猛地劈开[撕开]( rive的过去式和过去分词 )
- 劈开（木头或石头）
Word Origin
riven 裂开的，四分五裂的
来自 rive 的过去分词形式，引申词义裂开的，四分五裂的等。
Example
- 1. Immature societies , riven by tribal passions , are doomed to fight for years to come .
- 被部落冲突而撕裂的不成熟社会，注定在未来要开始打仗。
- 2. The former transitional authorities were unable to stitch together a country riven by mistrust and anger after 40 years of ruthless dictatorship .
- 长达四十年独裁统治后，上一次的政权转移不能把这个被猜疑和愤怒撕裂的国家缝合起来。
- 3. Just 16 years ago the anc inherited a country that was virtually bankrupt , riven with racial hostility and wracked by poverty .
- 16年前，非洲国民大会接手的是一个实际上垮碎的、被种族仇视和极度贫穷撕裂的国家。
- 4. Freud , meanwhile , believed that the nuclear family was universal , and that the " primeval family , " riven by the oedipus complex , had been even more repressive than haute-bourgeois vienna .
- 无独有偶，弗洛伊德则相信，核心家庭是普世的，而且被俄狄浦斯情结撕裂的“原始家庭”比维也纳上流社会的家庭更具有压迫性。
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