riven

英 [ˈrɪvn]

美 [ˈrɪvn]

adj.  分裂; 四分五裂; 破裂; 破碎
v.  撕开; 拧去 (from; away; off); 使烦恼; 分裂
rive的过去分词和过去式

过去分词：riven　

GRE

BNC.13657 / COCA.42243

牛津词典

adj.

• 分裂；四分五裂
  divided because of disagreements, especially in a violent way
  1. a party riven by internal disputes
     由于内部分歧而四分五裂的政党
• 破裂；破碎
  divided into two or more pieces

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 分裂的;四分五裂的
  If a country or organization isriven byconflict, it is damaged or destroyed by violent disagreements.
  1. The four provinces are riven by deep family and tribal conflicts...
     这4个省被严重的家族和部族纷争弄得四分五裂。
  2. The party was riven with factional fighting.
     派系争斗使该党四分五裂。

双语例句

• Mrs Clinton's campaign has been riven by faction-fights between the "white boys" who are close to her husband and "the Hillary girls" who are close to her.
  亲希拉里的“希拉里女孩”与亲克林顿的“白小子”之间的派系争斗严重分裂了她的竞选活动；
• The upper surface of glacier is riven by crevasses.
  冰川的上表面已裂成冰隙。
• And for those who are currently riven by conflict, like Ivory coast, but whose World Cup team is a unique and powerful symbol of national unity, it inspires nothing less than the hope of national rebirth.
  对于那些由于冲突而被分裂的国家，比如象牙海岸来说，它们的足球队是国家统一的特殊而有力的象征，它激起的决不仅仅只是国家重生的希望。
• Both main partiesare riven by contradictions: both contain modernisers alongside a grizzled oldguard of conservatives and socialists.
  两个主要政党内部都矛盾重重；双方都不乏激进派、老保守派以及社会主义者。
• Mixed feelings make sense in a comedian who was always paradoxical& a winning, witty and supremely confident performer who offstage was practically a hermit and riven by self-doubt.
  复杂的感情对这位喜剧演员来说言之有理，他总是充满矛盾，他是一位成功、机智、具有超级自信的表演者，但在台下，他实际上是一位隐士，备受自我怀疑的折磨。
• Many clubs are riven by internal disputes, while others have not survived more than a couple of years.
  许多协会因为内部纠纷被迫解散，其它协会存在的时间也超不过两年。
• In a region riven by mistrust and age-old hostilities, the interdependence created by trade and investment – particularly in the form of cross-border production networks – is the most powerful underpinning of stability.
  在这个因不信任和历史积怨而分裂的地区，贸易和投资（特别是以跨境生产网络形式出现的投资）所创造的相互依赖，是地区稳定的最强大支柱。
• Most churches are riven by tensions: it is not so long ago that the Roman Catholic Opus Dei glared at liberation theologists, and Moscow's Orthodox still squabble like mad with Constantinople's.
  多数教堂因为无法承受压力而分裂开来：正当罗马天主教组织OpusDei怒视自由派神学家的时候，同样信奉东正教的莫斯科与君士坦丁堡之间却还在疯狂的争吵。
• China` s rich kids have an image problem in a nation riven by a growing gap between rich and poor.
  中国的贫富差距不断加大，这使得富家子弟的形象问题备受关注。
• Historically fissured and perpetually in a process of reluctant homogenization, America is a civilization riven by contradiction and ritual self-delusion.
  历史上的分裂、持续发展当中的同质化倾向，使美国文化在矛盾和自欺的仪式中形成。