rift
rift 英 [rɪft] 美 [rɪft]
n. 裂缝；不和；[木] 裂口 vt. 使断裂；使分开 vi. 裂开
名词复数:rifts
- Rift sounds like rip, and it's helpful to think of it that way. When there is a rift in a political party over a particular policy, it is like a rip or tear in the fabric of the group.
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- n. 裂缝；不和；[木] 裂口
- vt. 使断裂；使分开
- vi. 裂开
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1. As the sides of the Ethiopian rift move apart, the gap between them is being plugged with molten rock, which then cools to form new land.
随着埃塞俄比亚裂谷的两岸不断远离，其间的裂缝不断地被岩浆填满。 这些岩浆冷却后就形成了新的陆地。
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2. But what better moment to enlist U.S. help against the PKK than when Washington's fears of a damaging rift with Ankara are at their height?
但当华盛顿对美土之间破坏性的不和的恐惧达到顶点，还有什么比这更好的谋求美国帮助对付PKK的时刻吗？
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3. Of course, you actually have to believe in the stand that you take, but the idea is that if you believe in it, push towards the edges even if it causes a big rift in your community.
当然，你得确实相信你所采取的立场，这其中的理念是，如果你相信你的立场，那么哪怕是在你的群落中捅破了一片天，你也得把它往风口浪尖上推。
- rift (n.) early 14c., "a split, act of splitting," from a Scandinavian source (compare Danish and Norwegian rift "a cleft," Old Icelandic ript (pronounced "rift") "breach;" related to Old Norse ripa "to break a contract" (see riven). Figurative use from 1620s. Geological sense from 1921. As a verb, c. 1300.
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