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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• A country riven by deep divisions of race and ideology.
  一个因种族和意识形态严重分歧而陷于分裂的国家。
• The waves were running mountains high and the inky clouds were riven by forked lightning.
  波涛汹涌如山，闪电象一把叉子似地划破了漆黑的云层。
• 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。
• The upper surface of glacier is riven by crevasses.
  冰川的上表面已裂成冰隙。
• Peaceful countries are managing to escape poverty-which is becoming concentrated in countries riven by civil war, ethnic conflict and organised crime.
  和平的国家正在成功摆脱贫困，而贫困现象正在集中于那些被内战、民族冲突及有组织犯罪撕裂的国家。