英语词汇“apple of dissension”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

apple of discord n. a cause or subject of strife or dissension; also apple of contention, apple of dissension.With allusion to the myth that a golden apple inscribed ‘For the fairest’ was thrown by Eris, goddess of discord, among the guests at the wedding of Peleus and Thetis, and contended for by the goddesses Hera, Athene, and Aphrodite. The story is told in the Latin author, Hyginus ( Fabulae 92 (2nd cent. a.d.)). [Compare post-classical Latin malum Discordiae (3rd cent.), Middle French, French pomme de discorde (1593).]

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society > society and the community > dissent > [noun] > causing dissension > cause or subject of dissension

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strife1535

apple of discord1574

bone of contention1590

golden ball1609

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) v. 7419 (MED) To the faireste of hem thre, Of gold that Appel scholde I [sc. Paris] yive.

1557 Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes sig. Z.ii The golden apple that the Troyan boy, Gaue to Uenus..Which was the cause of all the wrack of Troy.]

1574 tr. T. de Bèze et al. in Brieff Disc. Troubles Franckford p. ccx This oure writinge, god is oure witnesse, doth not tende to this purpos, that either parte shuld vse it against other as that we shuld send it to yow as an apple of contention.

1595 R. Robinson tr. V. Strigel Third Proceeding Harmonie King Davids Harp lv. 111 Let vs pray vnto God..that he would cast to them the apple of discord, for the which they may like vnto Chadmeis children fight one with an other.

1614 E. Grimeston tr. P. Matthieu Hist. Lewis XI i. 21 The house of Austria had cast the Apple of discord among the Suisses.

a1649 W. Drummond Irene in Wks. (1711) 173 Who throw the Apple of Dissension amongst your Subjects.

1680 Established Test 10 The Apple of Contention between the Prince and the People.

1725 R. Manning England's Conversion & Reformation Compared i. vii. 56 [The scriptures] must unavoidably be the very Apple of Discord, and a Source of endless Disputes.

1828 R. Montgomery City Looking Glass (1933) iv. vi. 109 I think the majesty of State Rights a very ridiculous subject, of which fools of the present day make a bone of contention, and which knaves of a future may make the apple of discord.

1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre III. viii. 221 The very name of love is an apple of discord between us—if the reality were required, what should we do?

1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. iv. 195 This great and wealthy church constantly formed an apple of discord.

1926 Fresno (Calif.) Bee 12 Dec. 4/1 [The Italo-French problem] has manifested itself in street demonstrations, in riots, in the hateful Garibaldi affair and now extends to Albania, the old apple of discord.

1999 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 12 Aug. 48/1 Thus in Meridor's view, there is no apple of discord between Labor and Likud.

单词	apple of dissension
释义	> as lemmas apple of dissension apple of discord n. a cause or subject of strife or dissension; also apple of contention, apple of dissension.With allusion to the myth that a golden apple inscribed ‘For the fairest’ was thrown by Eris, goddess of discord, among the guests at the wedding of Peleus and Thetis, and contended for by the goddesses Hera, Athene, and Aphrodite. The story is told in the Latin author, Hyginus ( Fabulae 92 (2nd cent. a.d.)). [Compare post-classical Latin malum Discordiae (3rd cent.), Middle French, French pomme de discorde (1593).] ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > [noun] > causing dissension > cause or subject of dissension questionc1384 matterc1390 strife1535 apple of discord1574 bone of contention1590 golden ball1609 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) v. 7419 (MED) To the faireste of hem thre, Of gold that Appel scholde I [sc. Paris] yive. 1557 Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes sig. Z.ii The golden apple that the Troyan boy, Gaue to Uenus..Which was the cause of all the wrack of Troy.] 1574 tr. T. de Bèze et al. in Brieff Disc. Troubles Franckford p. ccx This oure writinge, god is oure witnesse, doth not tende to this purpos, that either parte shuld vse it against other as that we shuld send it to yow as an apple of contention. 1595 R. Robinson tr. V. Strigel Third Proceeding Harmonie King Davids Harp lv. 111 Let vs pray vnto God..that he would cast to them the apple of discord, for the which they may like vnto Chadmeis children fight one with an other. 1614 E. Grimeston tr. P. Matthieu Hist. Lewis XI i. 21 The house of Austria had cast the Apple of discord among the Suisses. a1649 W. Drummond Irene in Wks. (1711) 173 Who throw the Apple of Dissension amongst your Subjects. 1680 Established Test 10 The Apple of Contention between the Prince and the People. 1725 R. Manning England's Conversion & Reformation Compared i. vii. 56 [The scriptures] must unavoidably be the very Apple of Discord, and a Source of endless Disputes. 1828 R. Montgomery City Looking Glass (1933) iv. vi. 109 I think the majesty of State Rights a very ridiculous subject, of which fools of the present day make a bone of contention, and which knaves of a future may make the apple of discord. 1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre III. viii. 221 The very name of love is an apple of discord between us—if the reality were required, what should we do? 1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. iv. 195 This great and wealthy church constantly formed an apple of discord. 1926 Fresno (Calif.) Bee 12 Dec. 4/1 [The Italo-French problem] has manifested itself in street demonstrations, in riots, in the hateful Garibaldi affair and now extends to Albania, the old apple of discord. 1999 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 12 Aug. 48/1 Thus in Meridor's view, there is no apple of discord between Labor and Likud. extracted from applen. < as lemmas
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