0 an active disagreement between people with opposing opinions or principles:
1 If beliefs, needs, or facts, etc. conflict, they are very different and cannot easily exist together or both be true:
2 to fight or disagree actively:
If the two sides conflict with each other again, it will be disastrous for party unity.
3 an active disagreement, as between opposing opinions or needs:
4 the forces that oppose each other to create the plot in a story, book, or film
5 to be in active disagreement, as between opposing opinions or needs:
6 a serious disagreement between people, organizations, or countries with opposing opinions:
conflict (with sb) (over sth) In that year conflict with the government over pay settlements led to an unprecedented civil service strike.
come into conflict (with sb) It is only to be expected that members of your team will come into conflict with each other at some point.
It was a controversial decision and caused a number of conflicts within the workforce.
Managers will need to ensure that strategies for conflict resolution (= finding a solution to a disagreement) are in place.
7 a situation in which there are opposing demands or ideas and a choice has to be made between them:
8 if beliefs, needs, facts, etc. conflict, they are very different and cannot easily exist together or both be true:
conflict (with sth) Consideration of ethical and environmental impacts can sometimes conflict with economic goals.
Both sides involved in the conflict made some concessions in yesterday's talks.
An independent adviser has been brought in to conciliate between the two sides involved in the conflict.
The conflict destabilized the whole region.
The ambassador has offered to act as a go-between for the two countries involved in the conflict.
The first two segments were designed to provoke disagreement, whereas the third segment permitted an assessment of carryover effects of the prior conflict.
Resolution of physician-patient conflicts in courts has become an ordinary event.
But they had - at the same time - to be war y that mathematics was not "so close" to applications as to produce unwanted philosophical conflict.
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衝突, 分歧, 爭論…
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冲突, 分歧, 争论…
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conflicto, estar en contradicción, diferir…
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conflito, divergir…
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争い, 対立, (人、意見などが)対立する…
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anlaşmazlık, çekişme, (ülke ve gruplar arsı) çatışma…
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conflit [masculine], lutte [feminine], s’opposer…
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conflicte, estar en pugna, diferir…
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