riven

英 [ˈrɪvn]

美 [ˈrɪvn]

adj.  分裂; 四分五裂; 破裂; 破碎
v.  撕开; 拧去 (from; away; off); 使烦恼; 分裂
rive的过去分词和过去式

过去分词：riven　

GRE

BNC.13657 / COCA.42243

牛津词典

adj.

• 分裂；四分五裂
  divided because of disagreements, especially in a violent way
  1. a party riven by internal disputes
     由于内部分歧而四分五裂的政党
• 破裂；破碎
  divided into two or more pieces

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 分裂的;四分五裂的
  If a country or organization isriven byconflict, it is damaged or destroyed by violent disagreements.
  1. The four provinces are riven by deep family and tribal conflicts...
     这4个省被严重的家族和部族纷争弄得四分五裂。
  2. The party was riven with factional fighting.
     派系争斗使该党四分五裂。

双语例句

• Many clubs are riven by internal disputes, while others have not survived more than a couple of years.
  许多协会因为内部纠纷被迫解散，其它协会存在的时间也超不过两年。
• Of course, there are poorly run associations among the 1000 or so serious trade bodies in Britain. These are the ones riven with infighting, run by second-rate staff combined with an inflexible, old-fashioned outlook.
  当然，英国1000多家严肃的行业协会中也有经营不善者：被内讧搞得四分五裂，由平庸之辈执掌，观点僵化过时。
• Peaceful countries are managing to escape poverty-which is becoming concentrated in countries riven by civil war, ethnic conflict and organised crime.
  和平的国家正在成功摆脱贫困，而贫困现象正在集中于那些被内战、民族冲突及有组织犯罪撕裂的国家。
• Historically fissured and perpetually in a process of reluctant homogenization, America is a civilization riven by contradiction and ritual self-delusion.
  历史上的分裂、持续发展当中的同质化倾向，使美国文化在矛盾和自欺的仪式中形成。
• There is plenty of scope for regret when one looks back at the Arab uprisings, and particularly at the catastrophe that has befallen Libya, which is riven by sectarian strife.
  当回首阿拉伯起义时，有很多令人遗憾的地方，尤其是降临利比亚的灾难，这个国家正被教派冲突撕裂。
• Most churches are riven by tensions: it is not so long ago that the Roman Catholic Opus Dei glared at liberation theologists, and Moscow's Orthodox still squabble like mad with Constantinople's.
  多数教堂因为无法承受压力而分裂开来：正当罗马天主教组织OpusDei怒视自由派神学家的时候，同样信奉东正教的莫斯科与君士坦丁堡之间却还在疯狂的争吵。
• Mr Pandit's allies within Citi – a company that has often been riven by infighting among rival factions – insist that he can lead the bank out of the turmoil.
  潘伟迪在花旗内部的盟友该银行经常被敌对派系之间的内讧弄得四分五裂坚称，他可以领导这家银行摆脱这场动乱。
• Yet prison work is riven with acrimony.
  但人们对使用囚工充满了尖刻的批评。
• Both main partiesare riven by contradictions: both contain modernisers alongside a grizzled oldguard of conservatives and socialists.
  两个主要政党内部都矛盾重重；双方都不乏激进派、老保守派以及社会主义者。
• Mrs Clinton's campaign has been riven by faction-fights between the "white boys" who are close to her husband and "the Hillary girls" who are close to her.
  亲希拉里的“希拉里女孩”与亲克林顿的“白小子”之间的派系争斗严重分裂了她的竞选活动；