Faction

(noun.) a dissenting clique.

录入:凯思琳

• Sir Leicester is whipped in to the rescue of the Doodle Party and the discomfiture of the Coodle Faction. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• In its incipience at least it is evident that the Royal Society was filled with the spirit of tolerance and co?pera tion, and was singularly free from the spirit of envy and faction. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• Times of violent religious controversy have generally been times of equally violent political faction. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• The other guests were now fast dispersing, with the exception of those immediately attached to Prince John's faction, and his retinue. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• After each uprising the victors usually banished a great number of the defeated faction from the city. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• Not in a land of war and blood, surrounded by hostile neighbours, and distracted by internal factions, can Israel hope to rest during her wanderings. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Civil disturbance had become a custom in Athens; the fortunes of the city seemed given over to strife of factions. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• Among the officers of the Xavarian I thought I could discern division into factions ere we had reached Helium. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• The good temper and moderation of contending factions seem to be the most essential circumstances in the public morals of a free people. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Inconsistent: yes, he tried to be the leader of factions at war with one another. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Parliament was divided by three factions, aristocrats, democrats, and royalists. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Everybody in the town was ranged in one or other of these factions. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.

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