詞彙精選：clash的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義：
n.
撞擊聲；碰撞聲，鏗鏘聲 [C]
例句：
It came down with a clash.
它噹啷一聲落下。
例句：
The clash of swords was next heard.
接着傳來了刀劍磕碰聲。
衝突，不協調 [C]
例句：
His lecture triggered off an armed clash.
他的演說引起了一場武裝衝突。
例句：
The clash of arguments between them is unavoidable.
他們議論的衝突是無可避免的。
v.
衝突；牴觸 [I]
例句：
His words and his actions often clash.
他的言行常常相矛盾。
例句：
It's a pity the two concerts clash.
真可惜，兩個演奏會時間衝突了。
發出撞擊聲 [I,T]
例句：
Their swords clashed together.
他們的劍互擊而發鏗鏘之聲。
例句：
The golden bangles on her arms clashed and jingled.
她手臂上的金手鐲丁零當啷地響。
不合；不協調 [I]
例句：
Those pants clash with that shirt.
褲子與那襯衫顏色不配。
例句：
I clashed with him at the last meeting of the council.
在上次議會開會時，我與他意見不一致。
爭論 [I]
例句：
She clashed with her brother in the debate.
在辯論中她跟哥哥爭論起來了。
二、詞義辨析：
bump,clash,collide,conflict
這些動詞均含“碰撞”之意。bump主要指具體東西的有力碰撞，也可指碰到困難或障礙。clash指有力的或帶有金屬碰擊聲的打、敲或相互衝擊。collide多指帶毀壞性的猛烈相撞，也可指嚴重的直接衝突。conflict這個詞以前可表具體東西的撞擊，現在常指衝突或對立。
三、參考例句：
The clash of swords was next heard.
接着傳來了刀劍磕碰聲。
Those pants clash with that shirt.
褲子與那襯衫顏色不配。
Culture clash is sometimes called culture shock.
文化衝突有時候又叫做文化休克。
His words and his actions often clash.
他的言行常常相矛盾。
The clash of swords was next heard.
接着傳來了刀劍磕碰聲。
A border clash between the two armies started the war.
雙方軍隊在邊境的衝突引發了戰爭。
Their susceptibilities clash against objects that remain innocently quiet.
他們神經過敏，氣勢洶洶，對方卻泰然自若，什麼也不明白。
The demonstration ended in a violent clash with the police.
遊行示威以與警察的激烈衝突而告終。
It's a pity the two concerts clash.
真可惜，兩個演奏會時間衝突了。
The clash of arguments between them is unavoidable.
他們議論的衝突是無可避免的。
