My post = 2 parts (I. + II.)
I. a defination + b aspect(就是说用法，角度)
n. 名词
1. 战争；战斗（的状态） A state of open, often prolonged fighting; a battle or war.
2. 矛盾的双方或对立方之间的矛盾状态 A state of disharmony between incompatible or antithetical persons, ideas, or interests; a clash.
3. [心理学]产生于欲望或者不可遏止的矛盾由头的精神挣扎状态 Psycho. A psychic struggle, often unconscious, resulting from the opposition or simultaneous functioning of mutually exclusive impulses, desires, or tendencies.
4. 在小说和戏剧当中的冲突 Opposition between characters or forces in a work of drama or fiction, especially opposition that motivates or shapes the action of the plot.
intr.v.不及物动词 con·flict·ed, con·flict·ing, con·flicts
1. 敌对；持不同意见To be in or come into opposition; differ.
2. [古] 参战（Archaic） To engage in warfare.
该词起源中世纪英语（中古英语），源自拉丁语单词 [Middle English, from Latin ....]
con·fliction n.
con·flictive adj.
con·flictu·al adj.
同义词Synonyms: conflict, contest, combat, fight
c example（希望能够找到英文文学中的例子。） + b situation
使用最为频繁的词性是名词 conflict
其次是 adj. conflicting
e.g.
1. 战斗；厮杀；交手 n. conflict
BIRON
Advance your standards, and upon them, lords; Pell-mell, down with them! but be first advised, In conflict that you get the sun of them.
（Love's Labour's Lost - Act 4, Scene III）
俾隆
举起你们的大旗，向她们努力进攻吧，朋友们！来他一阵混杀！但是先要当心，交手的时候哪个太阳是归你的。
（《爱的徒劳》- 第四幕，第三场）
ROSS
From Fife, great king;
Where the Norweyan banners flout the sky
And fan our people cold. Norway himself,
With terrible numbers,
Assisted by that most disloyal traitor
The thane of Cawdor, began a dismal conflict;
Till that Bellona's bridegroom, lapp'd in proof,
Confronted him with self-comparisons,
Point against point rebellious, arm 'gainst arm.
Curbing his lavish spirit: and, to conclude,
The victory fell on us.
(Macbeth - Act 1. Scene II)
洛斯
从费辅来，陛下；
挪威的旌旗在那边的天空招展，
把一阵寒风搧进了我们人民的心里。
挪威国君亲自率领了大队人马，
靠着那个最奸恶的叛徒考特爵士的帮助，
开始了一场惨酷的血战；
后来麦克白披甲戴盔，
和他势均力敌，刀来枪往，奋勇交锋，
方才挫折了他的凶焰；
胜利终于属我们所有。——
（《麦克白》 - 第一幕，第二场）
ASPASIA.
Forbear this triumph--still new conflicts wait us,
Foes unforeseen, and dangers unsuspected.
...
(Irene: A Historical Tragedy by Samuel Johnson: Act IV)
2. 挣扎；矛盾 n.
"... What instances must pass before them of ardent, disinterested, self-denying attachment, of heroism, fortitude, patience, resignation: of all the conflicts and all the sacrifices that ennoble us most. A sick chamber may often furnish the worth of volumes."
(Persuasion by Jane Austen: Chapter 17 )
Let me have my own way,Let others promulge the laws, I will make no account of the laws,Let others praise eminent men and hold up peace, I hold up agitation and conflict,I praise no eminent man, I rebuke to his face the one that was thought most worthy.
(Myself and Mine by Walt Whitman)
Having thus communed with himself, he raised his voice, and invoked
Elshie in a tone as supplicating as his conflicting feelings would
permit.
(The Black Dwarf by Sir Walter Scott: Chapter 8)
3. 矛盾双方的对立状态 n.
So, you may perceive that woman, on occasions, may postpone instead of precipitating conflict between man and man. But not willingly or consciously. She is oblivious of codes.
(A Technical Error by O Henry)
But Walpole had not reckoned with the Drapier. In the paragraph in Harding's sheet, Swift saw a diplomatist's move to win the game by diplomatic methods. Compromise was the one result Swift was determined to render impossible; and the Drapier's second letter, "To Mr. Harding the Printer," renews the conflict with yet stronger passion and with even more satirical force.
(The Drapier's Letters by Jonathan Swift: Letter II: To Mr. Harding the Printer )
4. adj. conflicting
He was the perfect expositor. Yet, in spite of his style, there was much that I did not like. He laid too great stress on what he called the class struggle, the antagonism between labor and capital, the conflict of interest.
(The Iron Heel by Jack London: Chapter II. Challenges)
That Brutus, well acquainted with the opinions of the Platonists, should be disposed to receive without doubt the idea that he had seen a real apparition, and was not likely to scrutinize very minutely the supposed vision, may be naturally conceived; and it is also natural to think, that although no one saw the figure but himself, his contemporaries were little disposed to examine the testimony of a man so eminent, by the strict rules of cross-examination and conflicting evidence, which they might have thought applicable to another person, and a less dignified occasion.
(Letters On Demonology And Witchcraft by Sir Walter Scott: Letter I)
Behind that moon-face with the troubled eyes, what conflict was in progress--between unquestioning morality and unquestioning belief in Gyp, between fears for her and wishes for her happiness, between the loyal retainer's habit of accepting and the old nurse's feeling of being in charge? She said faintly:
"Oh dear! He's a nice gentleman, too!" And suddenly, wheezing it out with unexpected force: "To say truth, I never did hold you was rightly married to that foreigner in that horrible registry place-- no music, no flowers, no blessin' asked, nor nothing. I cried me eyes out at the time."
(Beyond by John Galsworthy: Chapter XII)
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附录
参考
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http://ardictionary.com/Conflict/102492.
http://www.ohrd.wisc.edu/onlinetraining/resolution/aboutwhatisit.htm词典 Thesaurus
名词 Noun
1. conflict - an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals); "the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph"--Thomas Paine; "police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs"
struggle, battle
class struggle, class war, class warfare - conflict between social or economic classes (especially between the capitalist and proletariat classes)
insurrection, revolt, uprising, rising, rebellion - organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another
counterinsurgency, pacification - actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency
group action - action taken by a group of people
strife - bitter conflict; heated often violent dissension
tug-of-war - any hard struggle between equally matched groups
turf war - a bitter struggle for territory or power or control or rights; "a turf war erupted between street gangs"; "the president's resignation was the result of a turf war with the board of directors"
fighting, combat, fight, scrap - the act of fighting; any contest or struggle; "a fight broke out at the hockey game"; "there was fighting in the streets"; "the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap"
feud - a bitter quarrel between two parties
warfare, war - an active struggle between competing entities; "a price war"; "a war of wits"; "diplomatic warfare"
2. conflict - opposition between two simultaneous but incompatible feelings; "he was immobilized by conflict and indecision"
ambivalence, ambivalency - mixed feelings or emotions
3. conflict - a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war; "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga"; "he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement"
battle, engagement, fight
military action, action - a military engagement; "he saw action in Korea"
Armageddon - any catastrophically destructive battle; "they called the first World War an Armageddon"
pitched battle - a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place
naval battle - a pitched battle between naval fleets
armed combat, combat - an engagement fought between two military forces
war, warfare - the waging of armed conflict against an enemy; "thousands of people were killed in the war"
dogfight - an aerial engagement between fighter planes
assault - close fighting during the culmination of a military attack
armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"
4. conflict - a state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests; "his conflict of interest made him ineligible for the post"; "a conflict of loyalties"
state - the way something is with respect to its main attributes; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state"
friction, clash - a state of conflict between persons
clash - a state of conflict between colors; "her dress was a disturbing clash of colors"
disagreement, dissonance, dissension - a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters
5. conflict - an incompatibility of dates or events; "he noticed a conflict in the dates of the two meetings"
incompatibility - the quality of being unable to exist or work in congenial combination
6. conflict - opposition in a work of drama or fiction between characters or forces (especially an opposition that motivates the development of the plot); "this form of conflict is essential to Mann's writing"
oppositeness, opposition - the relation between opposed entities
7. conflict - a disagreement or argument about something important; "he had a dispute with his wife"; "there were irreconcilable differences"; "the familiar conflict between Republicans and Democrats"
difference of opinion, dispute, difference
disagreement - the speech act of disagreeing or arguing or disputing
collision - a conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals; "a collision of interests"
contestation, controversy, disceptation, arguing, argument, contention, disputation, tilt - a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement; "they were involved in a violent argument"
gap - a difference (especially an unfortunate difference) between two opinions or two views or two situations
dustup, quarrel, run-in, wrangle, row, words - an angry dispute; "they had a quarrel"; "they had words"
Verb
1. conflict - be in conflict; "The two proposals conflict!"
counterpoint, contrast - to show differences when compared; be different; "the students contrast considerably in their artistic abilities"
collide, jar, clash - be incompatible; be or come into conflict; "These colors clash"
2. conflict - go against, as of rules and laws; "He ran afoul of the law"; "This behavior conflicts with our rules"
contravene, infringe, run afoul
breach, infract, transgress, violate, go against, offend, break - act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises; "offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization"; "break a law"; "break a promise"
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