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Definition of rive in English: riveverbriven, rived rʌɪvraɪv literary 1Split or tear apart violently. 劈开；扯裂，撕开；使四分五裂 the party was riven by disagreements over Europe 对欧洲问题的争执使该党四分五裂。 figurative he was riven with guilt 〈喻〉他因内疚而心碎。 Example sentencesExamples - Although Disney's company was riven with conflicts after his death, the firm emerged in the mid-1980s as the prototype of a successful international media conglomerate.
- His work forms a single entity that is full of life, intelligent and open-minded, yet riven with doubt, idiosyncrasy, and contradiction.
- The negotiating process usually starts during the summer and leaves the cabinet riven with dispute as ministers fight it out with Minister for Finance for resources.
- Despite his position on the progressive wing, he emerged as leader of a party riven with internal divisions in 1976.
- Since the middle of the 19th century, the world of ‘classical music’ has been a world riven with political factions and contentious publicity.
Synonyms torn apart, split, rent, ripped apart, ruptured, severed literary cleft, torn asunder, ripped asunder rare dissevered - 1.1archaic Split or crack (wood or stone)
〈古〉劈开（木头，石头）；使裂开 the wood was riven with deep cracks 木头被劈得满是深深的裂口。 - 1.2archaic no object (of wood or stone) split or crack.
〈古〉（木头，石头）裂开 I started to chop furiously, the dry wood riving and splintering under the axe 我开始拼命地劈起来，那干燥的木头在我的斧头下顿时裂成了碎片。
OriginMiddle English: from Old Norse rífa, of unknown ultimate origin. Rhymesalive, arrive, chive, Clive, connive, contrive, deprive, dive, drive, five, gyve, hive, I've, jive, live, MI5, revive, shrive, skive, strive, survive, swive, thrive Definition of rive in US English: riveverbraɪvrīv usually be rivenliterary 1Split or tear apart violently. 劈开；扯裂，撕开；使四分五裂 the party was riven by disagreements over Europe 对欧洲问题的争执使该党四分五裂。 figurative he was riven with guilt 〈喻〉他因内疚而心碎。 Example sentencesExamples - Although Disney's company was riven with conflicts after his death, the firm emerged in the mid-1980s as the prototype of a successful international media conglomerate.
- The negotiating process usually starts during the summer and leaves the cabinet riven with dispute as ministers fight it out with Minister for Finance for resources.
- Despite his position on the progressive wing, he emerged as leader of a party riven with internal divisions in 1976.
- Since the middle of the 19th century, the world of ‘classical music’ has been a world riven with political factions and contentious publicity.
- His work forms a single entity that is full of life, intelligent and open-minded, yet riven with doubt, idiosyncrasy, and contradiction.
Synonyms torn apart, split, rent, ripped apart, ruptured, severed - 1.1archaic Split or crack (wood or stone)
〈古〉劈开（木头，石头）；使裂开 the wood was riven with deep cracks 木头被劈得满是深深的裂口。 - 1.2archaic no object (of wood or stone) split or crack.
〈古〉（木头，石头）裂开 I started to chop furiously, the dry wood riving and splintering under the ax 我开始拼命地劈起来，那干燥的木头在我的斧头下顿时裂成了碎片。
OriginMiddle English: from Old Norse rífa, of unknown ultimate origin. |