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.
实用例句
1. The church seems to be on the brink of schism.
教会似乎处于分裂的边缘。
来自辞典例句
2. 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.
来自辞典例句
3. 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.
来自互联网
4. But the Chinese - American schism poses a dilemma for the next president.
但中美的分歧为下一任总统留下一个两难.
来自互联网
5. Another schism like that and they will wind up in bankruptcy.
