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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

dissension [dɪ'sεnʃən] [dɪ'senʃən]
  1. 1. noun 意见不同意见分歧争执争论(尤指激烈争吵争辩);(党派纷争倾轧

Collins English-English Dictionary

dissension [dɪ'sεnʃən]
  1. 1. n disagreement, esp when leading to a quarrel
  2. 2. n [Etymology] C13: from Latin dissensio, from dissentire to dissent

Examples

They found dissension in their own ranks.
他们发现自己的队伍中存在分歧。
制造分歧
sow discord; create dissension
挑拨民族关系
sow dissension among the various nationalities
制造纠纷
create trouble; sow dissension

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