| 释义 |
schism/ˈsiz(ə)m, ˈskiz(ə)m/n. 1a the division of a group into opposing sections or parties (团体)分裂 b any of the sections so formed 派别；宗派；派系 2a the separation of a Church into two Churches or the secession of a group owing to doctrinal, disciplinary, etc., differences 教会分裂；(因教义、教规等不同而导致的)团体分离 b the offence of causing or promoting such a separation 不和；分歧 [Middle English via Old French s(c)isme and ecclesiastical Latin schisma from Greek skhisma -atos ‘cleft’, from skhizō ‘to split’] |