factions

英 [ˈfækʃənz]

美 [ˈfækʃənz]

n.  (大团体中的)派系，派别，小集团; 派系斗争; 内讧; 纪实与虚构相结合的电影(或书等)
faction的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (大团体中的)派系，派别，小集团
  Afactionis an organized group of people within a larger group, which opposes some of the ideas of the larger group and fights for its own ideas.
  1. A peace agreement will be signed by the leaders of the country's warring factions.
     该国各敌对派系领导人将签署和平协议。
• N-UNCOUNT 派系之争;内讧
  Factionis also used to describe argument and disagreement within a group of people.
  1. Faction and self-interest appear to be the norm.
     派系之争和自私自利看来非常普遍。

双语例句

• Officials anticipate that rivalry between leaders of the various drug factions could erupt into full scale war.
  官员们预计各个毒品团伙头目之间的对抗可能会引发一场全面的冲突。
• Thinking of an urban hell-hole ravaged by warring factions?
  这让你想到了被派别斗争摧毁了的城市地狱？
• A group of smaller Palestinian factions signed the unity agreement in Cairo Tuesday.
  星期二，一些比较小的巴勒斯坦派系签署了团结协议。
• The party split into petty factions.
  该党分裂成若干小派系。
• There are some factions in the party.
  该党中又分为好几个派别。
• The warring factions have not yet turned in all their heavy weapons.
  敌对双方尚未将其重型武器悉数上缴。
• There, the west backed rebel factions, which then fragmented.
  西方曾在那里支持叛军派系，后来这些叛军分崩离析了。
• How to control for conflict between factions.
  如何控制派系间的冲突。
• They are the civilian factions bonus troops.
  他们是无辜的平民派系奖金的部队。
• A fierce conflict erupted between the two factions.
  两派爆发了激烈的冲突。