schism: [14] The Greek verb skhízein meant ‘split’ (it has given English schizophrenia, and a common source lies behind English schist [18], etymologically a ‘split rock’, and shit). From it was derived the noun skhísma, literally ‘split, division’, which in the Greek translation of the New Testament was applied to dissensions or discords between factions in the Church. English acquired it via late Latin schisma and Old French scisme or sisme. => concise, decide, schist, schizophrenia, scissors, shit
schism (n.)
late 14c., scisme, "dissention within the church," from Old French scisme, cisme "a cleft, split" (12c.), from Church Latin schisma, from Greek skhisma (genitive skhismatos) "division, cleft," in New Testament applied metaphorically to divisions in the Church (I Cor. xii.25), from stem of skhizein "to split" (see shed (v.)). Spelling restored 16c., but pronunciation unchanged. Often in reference to the Great Schism (1378-1417) in the Western Church.
雙語例句
1. The church seems to be on the brink of schism.
教會似乎處于分裂的邊緣。
來自辭典例句
2. We are much too apt to look at schism in our church as an unmitigated evil.
我們太容易把自己教會中的分立看成是十惡不赦的.
來自辭典例句
3. While some predict schism, others predict a good old fashioned compromise.
在有些人預測分裂的同時, 另一些人預測了有益的老式妥協.
來自互聯網
4. But the Chinese - American schism poses a dilemma for the next president.
但中美的分歧為下一任總統留下一個兩難.
來自互聯網
5. Another schism like that and they will wind up in bankruptcy.