核心词议：
n. 裂缝；不和；[木] 裂口
vt. 使断裂；使分开
rift 基本解释
n. 裂缝，裂口；不和
vt. 使断裂；使分开
vi. 裂开
vt. 使断裂；使分开
vi. 裂开
速记方法
速记技巧 词源记忆法 来自北欧某语言，比较挪威语rift，裂缝，来自Proto-Germanic*rifana，刮，抢，来自PIE*rei，撕，砍，抓，词源同rive，rifle.引申词义分裂，分歧。
知识扩展
rift 变化形式
复数： rifts
易混淆的单词： RIFTRift
易混淆的单词： RIFTRift
中文词源： rift 分裂，分歧，裂缝 来自北欧某语言，比较挪威语 rift,裂缝，来自 Proto-Germanic*rifana,刮，抢，来自 PIE*rei, 撕，砍，抓，词源同 rive,rifle.引申词义分裂，分歧。 rift
精选例句
1、 A spokesman dismissed any suggestion of a boardroom rift.
发言人的话打消了人们关于董事会不和的所有推测。
2、 The interview reflected a growing rift between the president and Congress.
这次会见反映出总统与国会间日益加深的不和。
1、 Three-quarters of the world's flamingos fly over from other salt lakes in the Rift Valley and nest on salt-crystal islands that appear when the water is at a specific level—too high and the birds can't build their nests, too low and predators can move briskly across the lake bed and attack.
世界上四分之三的火烈鸟从东非大裂谷的其他盐湖飞来，在盐结晶岛上筑巢。当水位达到一定水平时，这些岛屿就会出现。水位太高，鸟类无法筑巢，水位太低，捕食者就会迅速越过湖床进行攻击。
常见考点例句：
- The alternative is an ever greater u. s. - pakistani rift .
- 另一种可能是美巴关系的裂痕扩大。
- To behold a rift in the immense blue pane of the firmament !
- 在无边无际的象碧色玻璃的苍穹上看到了一条裂痕！
- Among the wider public , the trials appeared only to widen the rift between conservatives and their opponents .
- 对于大众群体而言，审讯只是让保守派和反对者之间的裂痕愈发巨大了。
- Mr netanyahu is loth to lose any of his coalition partners and reluctant to open a rift within his own likud .
- netanyahu不愿失去联合政府中的任何一方，同时也不愿跟自己的利库德集团产生裂痕。
- The move has caused a rift between mr lee and the president-elect , park geun-hye , and has caused widespread public anger .
- 这一举动使他和新当选总统朴槿惠之间的关系产生了裂痕并激起了广泛的民愤。
