dissonance

英 [ˈdɪsənəns]

美 [ˈdɪsənəns]

n.  不协和和弦; 不和谐; 不协调; 不一致

复数：dissonances　

TOEFLTEM8医学

BNC.25218 / COCA.16305

牛津词典

noun

• 不协和和弦
  a combination of musical notes that do not sound pleasant together
• 不和谐；不协调；不一致
  lack of agreement

柯林斯词典

• 不和谐;不协调
  Dissonanceis a lack of agreement or harmony between things.

英英释义

noun

• disagreeable sounds
• the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality
  1. modern music is just noise to me
  Synonym:noiseracket
• a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters
  Synonym:disagreementdissension

双语例句

• Your true challenge will be to learn to make your voice clearly heard above the noise of daily life and the dissonance of conflict.
  你的真正挑战会是，在每天生活中的喧扰及冲突的不和谐中，学习让自己的意见被清楚听到。
• For example, if I believe that I am a person who cares about others but I dont give money to charitable causes, then I now have cognitive dissonance.
  举例来说，如果我自认为是一个关心他人的人，但我却拒绝捐款给慈善机构，那么我就会产生一种认知失调。
• The music of Wagner was distinguished by startling innovations in chord progressions and dissonance.
  瓦格纳在作品中对和弦进行及不协和音实行了令人咋舌的创新，这是他作曲的特点。
• Finally, cognitive dissonance shows up with children.
  最后，孩子身上也有认知失调。
• And I suppose that's what really struck me about them, this dissonance between what they were experiencing and where they had come from.
  我想，这是他们真正打动我的地方，就是他们的经历和出身之间的这种不和谐。
• The gulf between conservatives on either side of the Atlantic is as much about cultural dissonance as policy disagreements.
  大西洋两岸保守派之间的这种分歧既是文化上的差异，也是政策上的不同造成的。
• To avoid what is called cognitive dissonance, in which our thoughts and actions don't match up, our minds react to the change in our facial expression to bring our beliefs in line with our behavior.
  为了避免所谓的认知失调，即让我们思想的和行动上不一致的状态，头脑会对我们的面部表情变化做出反应，让将我们的看法同我们的行为统一起来。
• If ethical commitments vary among subsidiaries, these assets will be diluted due to the phenomenon of cognitive dissonance.
  倘若各附属公司的道德承诺不一致，该等资产将会因为认知分歧而被削弱。
• And he argued that we act so as to reduce dissonance.
  他认为我们会通过某种行为来减少失调。
• The French presidential campaign is an example of a quintessentially European form of cognitive dissonance.
  法国总统大选是展示典型的欧洲式认知失调的一个例子。