schism是什么意思？

schism

英[ˈskɪzəm] 美[ˈsɪzəm, ˈskɪz-]

• n. 教会分立，分裂；

复数：schisms;

形容词：schismatic;

例句

• great schism of the Catholic Church 天主教会大分裂
• While some predict schism, others predict a good old fashioned compromise. 在有些人预测分裂的同时, 另一些人预测了有益的老式妥协.
• We are much too apt to look at schism in our church as an unmitigated evil. 我们太容易把自己教会中的分立看成是十恶不赦的.
• The church seems to be on the brink of schism. 教会似乎处于分裂的边缘。
• ...the great schism which divided the Christian world in the 11th century... 11 世纪划分基督教世界的大规模教会分裂

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-VAR
  (由于思想、信仰不同造成的)分裂，分离
  When there is a schism, a group or organization divides into two groups as a result of differences in thinking and beliefs.
  例句
  ...the great schism which divided the Christian world in the 11th century... 11 世纪划分基督教世界的大规模教会分裂 The church seems to be on the brink of schism. 教会似乎处于分裂的边缘。

英汉词典释义

• n.
  教会分立,分裂
  great schism of the Catholic Church 天主教会大分裂

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. division of a group into opposing factions;
  "another schism like that and they will wind up in bankruptcy"