ADJECTIVE | VERB + RIFT | RIFT + VERB | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤deep, growing, serious深深的裂痕;日益增大的裂縫;嚴重的不和➤public公開的不和➤family家庭不和VERB + RIFT➤cause, create, lead to造成不和;製造裂痕;導致不和▸➤deepen, widen加深/增大裂痕◇His actions only deepened the rift between himself and Congress.他的行動只是加深了他和國會的嫌隙。➤heal, mend, repair彌合裂痕;修補裂痕RIFT + VERB➤develop, occur, open up裂痕形成;不和出現◇A rift had opened up within the party.黨內出現了分裂。➤deepen, grow, widen裂縫加深;裂痕擴大PREPOSITION➤rift among, rift between⋯內部/⋯之間的不和◇new evidence of a rift between the two countries兩國之間不和的新跡象➤rift in, rift within⋯內的分歧◇The debate has succeeded only in widening rifts within the Church.這場爭論只是加深了教會內部的分裂。➤rift over⋯方面的分歧◇a rift over public spending在公共開支上的分歧➤rift with和⋯的分歧◇He tried to heal the rift with his brother.他試圖修補和兄弟之間的裂痕。