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faction

noun
 
🔊/ˈfækʃn/
🔊/ˈfækʃn/
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  1.  
    [countable] a small group of people within a larger one, whose members have some different aims and beliefs to those of the larger group（大团体中的）派系，派别，小集团
    • There are rival factions within the administration.政府中有对立派别。
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    • He brokered a ceasefire agreement between the warring factions.他在交战的双方之间斡旋，促成了停火协议。
    • the dominant faction within the government政府内部的主要派别
    • the largest faction in the civil war内战中最大的派系
    Topics War and conflictc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • dominant
    • main
    • major
    • …
    verb + faction
    • lead
    preposition
    • faction in
    • faction within
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  2. [uncountable] (formal) opposition, disagreement, etc. that exists between small groups of people within an organization or political party派系斗争；内讧
    • a party divided by faction and intrigue因派系和阴谋诡计搞得四分五裂的政党
    Topics Opinion and argumentc2
  3. [uncountable] films, books, etc. that combine fact with fiction (= imaginary events) 纪实与虚构相结合的电影（或书等）
    4. Word Originsenses 1 to 2 late 15th cent. (denoting the action of doing or making something): via French from Latin factio(n-), from facere ‘do, make’. sense 3 1960s: blend of fact and fiction.