discord

discord
noun
[mass noun]
  1. disagreement between people
    不和,争论
    a prosperous family who showed no signs of discord.
    一个没有一丝不和迹象的兴旺的家族。
    ■lack of agreement or harmony between things
    不一致,不协调
    the discord between indigenous and Western cultures.
    本土文化和西方文化之间的不协调。
  2. (Music)lack of harmony between notes sounding together
    (乐)(音符的)不协和音
    the music faded in discord.
    在不协和音中,乐声渐渐变弱。
    ■[count noun]a chord which (in conventional harmonic terms) is regarded as unpleasing or requiring resolution by another
    不协和弦
    ■[count noun]any interval except unison, an octave, a perfect fifth or fourth, a major or minor third and sixth, or their octaves
    不协和音程
    ■[count noun]a single note dissonant with another
    不协和音符
verb
  1. [no obj.](archaic)(of people) disagree
    (古)(人)有不同意见
    we discorded commonly on two points.
    我们一般在两点上有不同意见。
    ■(of things) be different or in disharmony
    (事物)不同;不协调
    the party's views were apt to discord with those of the leading members of the government.
    该党的观点往往和政府领导成员的想法不同。
语源
  1. Middle English: from Old French descord (noun), descorder (verb), from Latin discordare, from discors 'discordant', from dis- (expressing negation, reversal) + cor, cord- 'heart'
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