discord n. 1.不和,倾轧。 2.不一致,不调和;【音乐】不谐和(音)。 3.嘈杂声,喧闹。 marital discord 夫妇不和。 sow discord 挑拨。 be in discord with 和…闹别扭,与…不和。 the apple of discord 见 apple 条。 vi. 1.不调和,不一致;倾轧,冲突 (with; from)。 2.【音乐】不谐和,发乱音。
apple n. 1.苹果,苹果树。 2.苹果状的东西。 3.〔美俚〕(棒球的)球;炸弹;手榴弹。 4.〔美俚〕人,家伙。 a cherry apple 棠梨。 a mad apple 茄子。 a Persian apple 枸橼。 Adam's apple 喉结。 apple of discord 【希腊神话】 (各女神争夺的、作为最美丽者象征的)金苹果,纷争之果;〔比喻〕争端,祸根。 apple of love 蕃茄。 apple of Sodom = Dead Sea apple (传说中的)一摘就冒烟成灰的美丽的苹果;〔比喻〕华而不实的事物。 apple of the [one's] eye 瞳孔,眼珠,珍爱之物,掌中珠。 throw away the apple because of the core 因噎废食。 upset the [ 或 sb.'s] apple cart 打破(某人)计划。
Do i sense an apple of discord between you two 你问我有没有感觉出你们两人之间的不和,是吗?
The black gold in the middle east seems to be an apple of discord 中东石油(不是“黑金” )似乎成了争端的起因。
The use of the car was an apple of discord between jack and his wife 谁可使用这辆汽车,乃杰克和太太争吵的原因。
The dispute about inheriting estate formed an apple of discord between them 房产继承的争端成了他们之间不和的祸根。
The dispute about inheriting estate formed an apple of discord between the children 关于遗产继承的争执是他们兄妹失和之根。
The right to inherit the large estate became the apple of discord among the three brothers 大笔地产继承权成了三兄弟纷争的起因。
Apple of discord 不和的种子
The girls had got on well together until the apple of discord in the person of a handsome young man arrived in their midst 姑娘们一直相处很好,后来一个英俊的小伙子来到她们中间,引起了她们之间的不和。
You have introduced a topic on which our natures are at variance - a topic we should never discuss : the very name of love is an apple of discord between us 你谈起了一个我们两个水火不容的话题一个我们决不应该讨论的话题。爱情这两个字本身就会挑起我们之间的争端要是从实际出发,我们该怎么办呢?
The apple of discord was a certain castle of sand which master jacky had built and master tommy would have it right go wrong that it was to be architecturally improved by a frontdoor like the martello tower had 争端缘于杰基公子所筑的一座沙堡,汤米公子非要从建筑上对它加以改进,装上一扇圆形炮塔般的正门。
英文解释
(classical mythology) a golden apple thrown into a banquet of the gods by Eris (goddess of discord--who had not been invited); the apple had `for the fairest'' written on it and Hera and Athena and Aphrodite all claimed it; when Paris (prince of Troy) awarded it to Aphrodite it began a chain of events that led to the Trojan War