bump, clash, collide, conflict

名詞 conflict:

1. an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals)
   同義詞：struggle, battle
2. opposition between two simultaneous but incompatible feelings
3. a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
   同義詞：battle, fight, engagement
4. a state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests
5. an incompatibility of dates or events
6. opposition in a work of drama or fiction between characters or forces (especially an opposition that motivates the development of the plot)
7. a disagreement or argument about something important
   同義詞：dispute, difference, difference of opinion

動詞 conflict:

1. be in conflict
2. go against, as of rules and laws
   同義詞：run afoul, infringe, contravene

1. Something is bound to happen one way or another to end the conflict or solve the problem.
   事情一定以某種方式發(fā)生以結(jié)束沖突或解決難題。
2. There has always been some conflict between the sexes.
   兩性之間從來就有矛盾。
3. If so, your points of view are bound to conflict with his.
   如果這樣的話，你的觀點(diǎn)一定會和他的起沖突。
4. The long drawn-out conflict between the employers and workers led to the strike last week.
   勞資之間曠日持久的糾紛導(dǎo)致了上周的罷工。

con.flict

n.（名詞）
A state of open, often prolonged fighting; a battle or war.
戰(zhàn)爭：公開的長期的戰(zhàn)斗的狀態(tài)；戰(zhàn)役或戰(zhàn)爭
A state of disharmony between incompatible or antithetical persons, ideas, or interests; a clash.
沖突：不相容或持不同見解的人思想或興趣之間的矛盾；沖突
Psychology A psychic struggle, often unconscious, resulting from the opposition or simultaneous functioning of mutually exclusive impulses, desires, or tendencies.
【心理學(xué)】 心理掙扎：通常是潛意識的心理沖突，是由互相排斥的情感、欲望或傾向?qū)α⒒蛲瑫r起作用而引起的
Opposition between characters or forces in a work of drama or fiction, especially opposition that motivates or shapes the action of the plot.
沖突：戲劇或小說中人物或勢力間的對立，尤指推動或影響故事情節(jié)的矛盾沖突
v.intr.（不及物動詞）
con.flict.ed,con.flict.ing,con.flicts[k…n-flkt.]
To be in or come into opposition; differ.
對立或形成對立；不同
Archaic To engage in warfare.
【古語】 參加戰(zhàn)斗

來源：
Middle English
中古英語
from Latin cônfloctus [collision] [from past participle of] cônflogere [to strike together]
源自 拉丁語 cônfloctus [沖撞] [] 源自cônflogere的過去分詞 [一起斗爭]
com- [com-]
com- [前綴，表.一起.]
flogere [to strike]
flogere [打擊]

【引伸】
conflic.tion
n.（名詞）
conflic.tive
adj.（形容詞）
conflic.tual
<參考詞匯><同義詞>conflict,contest,combat,fight,affrayThese nouns denote struggle between opposing forces for victory or supremacy.
這些名詞都是指兩個對立勢力為了取得勝利或優(yōu)勢而進(jìn)行的爭斗。
Conflict applies both to open fighting between hostile groups and to a struggle, often an inner struggle, between antithetical forces:
Conflict 用于指敵對組織的公開的戰(zhàn)爭或?qū)α萘﹂g的內(nèi)部斗爭：
例句：
.Fortunately analysis is not the only way to resolve inner conflicts.Life itself still remains a very effective therapist. (Karen Horney).
.幸運(yùn)的是分析并不是解決內(nèi)部沖突的唯一方法，生活本身就是一種非常好的治療方法. （卡倫·赫尼）。

Contest can refer either to friendly competition or to a hostile struggle to achieve an objective:
Contest 可以指友好的競爭也可以指帶有敵意的斗爭：
例句：
an archery contest;
箭術(shù)比賽；

例句：
a spelling contest;
拼寫比賽；

例句：
the gubernatorial contest.
當(dāng)權(quán)者的斗爭。

Combat most commonly implies an encounter between two armed persons or groups:
Combat 通常指兩個人或軍隊(duì)之間的遭遇戰(zhàn)：
例句：
.Alexander had appeared to him, armed for combat. (Connop Thirlwall).
.亞歷山大大帝全副武裝的出現(xiàn)在他面前. （康諾樸·塞沃爾）。

Fight usually refers to a clash, physical or figurative,involving individual adversaries:
Fight 通常指身體的或象征性的沖突，包括指個人的不幸：
例句：
A fight was scheduled between the world boxing champion and the challenger.
世界拳擊冠軍和挑戰(zhàn)者之間將有一場比賽。

例句：
.There is nothing I love as much as a good fight. (Franklin D. Roosevelt).
.我最喜歡的就是一場漂亮的戰(zhàn)爭. （富蘭克林·D·羅斯福）。

Affray suggests a public fight or brawl:
Affray 指一場公開的戰(zhàn)斗或打架：
例句：
.Yet still the poachers came . . . for affrays in woods and on moors with liveried armies of keepers. (Patricia Morison).See also Synonyms at discord
.仍有侵入者…不斷到樹林和荒野中對身著制服的守衛(wèi)軍隊(duì)騷擾挑釁. （帕特里夏·莫里森）參見同義詞 discord