| 单词 | clash |
| 释义 | clash (klæʃ ) Word forms: clashes , clashing , clashed 1. verb When people clash, they fight, argue, or disagree with each other. [journalism] A group of 400 demonstrators clashed with police. [VERB + with] Behind the scenes, Parsons clashed with almost everyone on the show. [VERB + with] The working groups have also clashed over genetically modified crops. [VERB + over] Synonyms: conflict, grapple, wrangle, lock horns Clash is also a noun. There have been a number of clashes between police in riot gear and demonstrators. [+ between] 2. verb Beliefs, ideas, or qualities that clash with each other are very different from each other and therefore are opposed. Don't make any policy decisions which clash with official company thinking. [VERB + with] Here, morality and good sentiments clash headlong. [VERB] Synonyms: disagree, conflict, vary, counter Clash is also a noun. Inside government, there was a clash of views. [+ of] 3. verb If one event clashes with another, the two events happen at the same time so that you cannot attend both of them. I couldn't go on the trip as it clashed with my final exams. [VERB + with] 4. verb If one colour or style clashes with another, the colours or styles look ugly together. You can also say that two colours or styles clash. The red door clashed with the soft, natural tones of the stone walls. [VERB + with] So what if the colours clashed? [VERB] Synonyms: not go, jar, not match, be discordant 5. reciprocal verb Sports journalists sometimes say that two individuals or teams who compete against each other clash, especially when a lot of feeling is involved. He will clash with his rival in the final. [VERB with noun] The two sides will clash there only if Chelsea beat Sunderland in their quarter-final replay. [plural-noun VERB] Clash is also a noun. Australia's rugby union team for the return clash with New Zealand is weakened by injury. 6. verb When metal objects clash, they make a lot of noise by being hit together. [literary] The golden bangles on her arms clashed and jingled. [plural-noun VERB] Synonyms: crash, bang, rattle, jar Clash is also a noun. ...a noise like the clash of cymbals. Collocations: avoid a clash We have to do everything now to avoid a clash of cultures that will bring down our continent. Times, Sunday Times And remember that if you limit the varieties you plant, as you would with a colour palette, you will avoid a clash of too many scents. Times, Sunday Times This might involve calling other relatives to avoid a clash. The Sun School fetes, village fairs and carnival parades are changing their start times to avoid a clash. The Sun Plans for a wedding must be dealt with diplomatically to avoid a clash of styles. The Sun But he clashed angrily with the two most senior politicians who are furious over tough new visa curbs. The Sun (2009) They clashed even more angrily and publicly on The Reader. Times, Sunday Times (2011) He clashed angrily with the Hammers supporter 'who had called him ' useless 'on Twitter. The Sun (2013) The advance of knowledge and culture rests on criticism and a clash of ideas. Times, Sunday Times You can smooth out any clash of ideas at home too. The Sun It makes for a good clash of ideas. The Sun We want a clash of ideas. Times, Sunday Times Is it just a clash of ideas when things don't work out? The Sun How persistently this question of the interests in politics, and the clash of interests, keeps raising its head from the murky deep. Times, Sunday Times The decade ahead will provide (as the intervening years did not) new versions of this ancient clash of interests. Times, Sunday Times The resulting clash of interests cannot be resolved by dialogue. Times, Sunday Times Parliament, of course, allows diverse representation and the clash of interests. Times, Sunday Times If you are already in a settled relationship, an occasional loud clash of opinions makes life interesting. The Sun Nothing out-of-hand, just a civilised clash of opinions every now and then. ST Your family zone suggests a clash of opinions about a home revamp. The Sun When there's a noisy clash of opinions around a shared decision, aim to create quiet solo time for yourself so you can properly think things through. The Sun This clash of opinions has sparked much controversy. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Apart from signalling the end of civilisation, it was as much a clash of styles as anything else. Times, Sunday Times A clash of styles, philosophies and personalities the likes of which football has rarely seen before. The Sun He wants us to understand that these artistic currents - impressionism, post-impressionism - are the fruit of 'a clash of styles, of a cacophony'. Times, Sunday Times What was so fascinating was the clash of styles, the baseliners against the volleyers. Times, Sunday Times The match provided an interesting clash of styles, at least in the lung department. Times, Sunday Times It was a real clash of titans and you could see that by how close it was with the identical scores. The Sun It would prove to be a clash of titans. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A special attraction are the shows which unveil the mysteries of the cosmos and the origins of the universe, comets, eclipses, unidentified flying objects and the clash of titans. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But these should not deflect from the clash of values and competing ideologies behind the pictures. Times, Sunday Times It was also a tale of inter-generational angst, a clash of values old and new. Times, Sunday Times This a fundamental clash of values and principles, which has manifested itself in a number of ways over the past few years. Times, Sunday Times Yes, if you carve one out of the other, you highlight an immediate clash of values and timescales. Times, Sunday Times Neither are really politicians at all but standard-bearers in a great national clash of values. Times, Sunday Times The country's fragile three-party coalition has clashed repeatedly and members from two parties almost came to blows earlier this month. Times, Sunday Times In the 1930s, supporters of these two views clashed repeatedly. Times,Sunday Times Many tribespeople oppose the mining and processing scheme, however, and have clashed repeatedly with police and security guards. Times, Sunday Times The two had clashed repeatedly. Times, Sunday Times The two clashed repeatedly due to their differing personalities but would develop a strong sense of friendship. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Through the late 1970s and into the 1980s the student groups began to clash violently with each other and the government. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Police were called to a scene that quickly turned nasty when youths clashed violently. Times, Sunday Times There may be a fight between them, with their antlers clashing violently. Times, Sunday Times They clashed violently with riot police for four hours injuring a photographer before the ships were free to leave. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 At least five cars were overturned, and protesters clashed violently with police. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I preferred the older ones, with their incongruous colour clashes. Times,Sunday Times Or perhaps he was simply admiring their outfits and daring colour clashes. Times, Sunday Times Cold, unsparing analysis gives way to a gentler mood of reflection; harsh colour clashes to a rich autumnal glow. Times, Sunday Times It might also work surprisingly well visually, providing some startling but refreshing colour clashes that you would never have dared put together based on sight alone. Times, Sunday Times We consider this very seriously because we know that a cultural clash would be devastating for our shared ethos. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 On other occasions, cultural clashes can lead to problems with international acquisitions. Times, Sunday Times An intimate insight into cultural clashes. Times, Sunday Times These cultural clashes also play into ancient religious traditions, and the significance of clothing and vesture in communicating religious identity. Times, Sunday Times Cultural clashes between the newly merged companies and a downturn in the on-line business culminated last year in the departure of most top executives and a huge loss. Globe and Mail The story revolves around the ego clash between dad and son. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Though there are moments of sublime harmony, there are also times of painful dissonance as opinions, traditions, and egos clash. Christianity Today Surely tensions must arise and egos clash. Times, Sunday Times One of his innovations has been to pay senior staff, including managers and software engineers, the same flat rate to avoid ego clashes. Times, Sunday Times This sets the scene for a cacophonous round of discordant notes as three abrasive egos clash. Times, Sunday Times Mostly, they will look at smaller conflicts that often escape the world's attention but still have the capacity to blow up into wars, civil unrest and ethnic clashes. Times, Sunday Times There has been some ethnic clashes between them. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In these areas, strong ethnic clashes and cultural factors influenced desertion. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Some ethnic clashes have occurred between the tribes (e.g., cattle raiding). Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Due to these ethnic clashes there has been some migration of villagers to safer places. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The following fierce clash between the two can therefore claim to be the game of the year. Times, Sunday Times Unlikely as it seems now, fierce clashes are highlighting areas of your life and the situations of others that need to change. Times, Sunday Times It came after another day of fierce clashes. The Sun The country's second-biggest city saw fierce clashes all week. Times, Sunday Times Evacuees told of fierce clashes. The Sun It's a temperamental as well as an ideological clash. Times, Sunday Times Because of this ideological clash, the new generation was repressed by the previous one, which resulted in the formation of young adult movements. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He sees it as a long but decisive episode that remains of surpassing significance for evaluating (and tracing back) the ideological clashes of our own time. The Times Literary Supplement The hippie movement brought many artists to the village during this time, which led to ideological clashes between the newcomers and the more conservative, established residents. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 So it's all pointing towards some difficult times when the inevitable clash of commitments happens. The Sun The inevitable clash differed from place to place. The Times Literary Supplement The old general hoped that his army could gain strength for the inevitable clash. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Tensions have persisted for more than 30 years, with periodic military clashes and no immediate prospect of a peace treaty to resolve the issue. Times,Sunday Times Brief military clashes took place in 1900 and 1906. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 By the summer of 1987, however, both sides had backed away from conflict and denied that military clashes had taken place. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 There were other signs of a potential clash of cultures. Times, Sunday Times Some football fans have used social networking sites to warn of potential clashes. Times, Sunday Times Police are bracing themselves for potential clashes between rival protesters tomorrow. The Sun This not only avoids potential clashes, it makes others feel that you trust them. Times, Sunday Times When an advertiser books a specific campaign, the ads on our site are served to all users, and we can be forewarned about potential clashes of subject matter. Times, Sunday Times The experts also touched on such topics as the boundaries of tolerance, nuclear tolerance and secure tolerance in order to prevent a clash of civilisations. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The report also said that pupils were recruited into gangs at the school gate and advises head teachers to stagger school closing times to prevent clashes between rival gangs. Times, Sunday Times Hundreds of soldiers blocked off streets in the city centre to prevent clashes. Times, Sunday Times Cops in four cars prevented clashes. The Sun In other cases it may be to prevent clashes between rival groups, or to prevent a demonstration from spreading and turning into a riot. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Sporadic clashes continued throughout the day at the university. Time Magazine The fragile peace has given way recently to sporadic clashes. Times, Sunday Times Riot police had the city under control yesterday, residents said, though sporadic clashes continued. Times, Sunday Times The streets of the rest of the city were deserted after a day of sporadic clashes, when security forces attempted to re-impose authority after demonstrations broke out around the capital. Times, Sunday Times Despite its attempts to broker a ceasefire and to urge all rogue armed factions to exit the city, sporadic clashes have continued. Times, Sunday Times The three struggle to maintain a harmonious working relationship as brash youth clashes with age and experience. Times, Sunday Times Turnout was lower than expected, but the demonstration quickly turned violent as riot police and youths clashed in the city centre. Times, Sunday Times Masked youths clashed with police in front of the parliament and some tried to storm the building. Times, Sunday Times Scattered groups of masked youths clashed with police, who responded with tear gas. Times, Sunday Times The youths clashed outside shops in broad daylight. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 冲突 Japanese: 衝突する |
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