schism

英 ['s?z(?)m; 'sk?z(?)m] 美['sk?z?m]

GRE擴展詞匯

復(fù)數(shù):?schisms;形容詞:?schismatic;

schism 分裂，分裂活動

來自希臘語 schisma,分開，裂縫，來自 skhizein,分開，裂開，來自 PIE*skei,切，分，詞源同 shed,scythe,schedule.原指歐洲的基督教教會分裂活動，后詞義通用化。

schism: schism: [14] The Greek verb skhízein meant ‘split’ (it has given English schizophrenia, and a common source lies behind English schist [18], etymologically a ‘split rock’, and shit). From it was derived the noun skhísma, literally ‘split, division’, which in the Greek translation of the New Testament was applied to dissensions or discords between factions in the Church. English acquired it via late Latin schisma and Old French scisme or sisme.
=> concise, decide, schist, schizophrenia, scissors, shit
schism (n.): late 14c., scisme, "dissention within the church," from Old French scisme, cisme "a cleft, split" (12c.), from Church Latin schisma, from Greek skhisma (genitive skhismatos) "division, cleft," in New Testament applied metaphorically to divisions in the Church (I Cor. xii.25), from stem of skhizein "to split" (see shed (v.)). Spelling restored 16c., but pronunciation unchanged. Often in reference to the Great Schism (1378-1417) in the Western Church.

2. We are much too apt to look at schism in our church as an unmitigated evil.: 我們太容易把自己教會中的分立看成是十惡不赦的.

3. While some predict schism, others predict a good old fashioned compromise.: 在有些人預(yù)測分裂的同時, 另一些人預(yù)測了有益的老式妥協(xié).

4. But the Chinese - American schism poses a dilemma for the next president.: 但中美的分歧為下一任總統(tǒng)留下一個兩難.

5. Another schism like that and they will wind up in bankruptcy.: 再有一次那樣的分裂,他們將會以破產(chǎn)收場.