rift between/with• Viacom employees said they were surprised because they had no clues of any rift between Redstone and his top lieutenant.• There is a great rift between us now.• Strickland has wanted out since last season, when his rift with Carlesimo began.• Hodge lamented the rift between the military government and the rightists after their earlier cooperation.• The rift betweenconventional and complementarymedicine has had many harmfuleffects.• The rift between the two men was particularly painful since they had been so close at first.• The rift between them is now so bitter, it is believed they will take the finalstep as soon as possible.• He will not entertain questions about his 25-year rift with Dean Martin, who died recently.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + RIFT | RIFT + VERB | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤deep, growing, serious深深的裂痕;日益增大的裂縫;嚴重的不和➤public公開的不和➤family家庭不和VERB + RIFT➤cause, create, lead to造成不和;製造裂痕;導致不和▸➤deepen, widen加深/增大裂痕◇His actions only deepened the rift between himself and Congress.他的行動只是加深了他和國會的嫌隙。➤heal, mend, repair彌合裂痕;修補裂痕RIFT + VERB➤develop, occur, open up裂痕形成;不和出現◇A rift had opened up within the party.黨內出現了分裂。➤deepen, grow, widen裂縫加深;裂痕擴大PREPOSITION➤rift among, rift between⋯內部/⋯之間的不和◇new evidence of a rift between the two countries兩國之間不和的新跡象➤rift in, rift within⋯內的分歧◇The debate has succeeded only in widening rifts within the Church.這場爭論只是加深了教會內部的分裂。➤rift over⋯方面的分歧◇a rift over public spending在公共開支上的分歧➤rift with和⋯的分歧◇He tried to heal the rift with his brother.他試圖修補和兄弟之間的裂痕。