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

• It was riven with disagreement over the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in1979 and had nothing to say about the captive nations of the Kremlin's empire.
  而在1979年苏联入侵阿富汗时，组织内部产生了分歧，并对于这个克林姆林帝国的沦陷国家表示缄默。
• While relations are transformed, South Africa remains riven by racial and socioeconomic inequality.
  虽然种族关系得到改变，但南非仍被种族与社会经济不平等割裂。
• In Hong Kong, casino king Stanley Ho's company is riven by open warfare with his sister over her share of the dividends.
  在香港，赌王何鸿燊与其姐姐就分红比例公开争执，赌王的企业因此分裂。
• 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。
• Mr Pandit's allies within Citi – a company that has often been riven by infighting among rival factions – insist that he can lead the bank out of the turmoil.
  潘伟迪在花旗内部的盟友该银行经常被敌对派系之间的内讧弄得四分五裂坚称，他可以领导这家银行摆脱这场动乱。
• Yet prison work is riven with acrimony.
  但人们对使用囚工充满了尖刻的批评。
• The upper surface of glacier is riven by crevasses.
  冰川的上表面已裂成冰隙。
• The second is riven by divisions, not only between Bosniaks and Croats, but also among Bosniak leaders.
  而波黑联邦则存有分裂，不只在波什尼亚克族和克罗地亚族之间，而且还在波什尼亚克族领导人之间。
• There is plenty of scope for regret when one looks back at the Arab uprisings, and particularly at the catastrophe that has befallen Libya, which is riven by sectarian strife.
  当回首阿拉伯起义时，有很多令人遗憾的地方，尤其是降临利比亚的灾难，这个国家正被教派冲突撕裂。
• Back then, I was doing doctorate research in the department of social anthropology at Cambridge University, which was a fascinating place to work but also underfunded, ignored by the outside world, and riven with intellectual self-doubt.
  当时，我正在剑桥大学（Cambridgeuniversity）社会人类学系读博士。这个地方非常适合做研究，但资金匮乏、被外界忽视，并且由于知识分子的自我怀疑而四分五裂。