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

• In acoustics he studied the propagation of sound and musical consonance and dissonance.
  在声学中，他研究了声的传播和音乐的和谐与不和谐。
• Often relationships begin with a flurry of romance and then end in great dissonance, argument or strife.
  经常的，关系以浪漫激情开始，而以巨大的不和谐、争执或冲突而结束。
• Cognitive dissonance or foresight?
  是认知失调还是有先见之明？
• I can either deny one of the ideas or change my behavior to get rid of the dissonance.
  这时，听众要做的就是否定其中一种观点或者改变自己的行为以摆脱这种认知失调的情况。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Being aware of this can help us avoid falling foul of the most dangerous consequences of cognitive dissonance: believing our own lies.
  觉察到这一点能帮助我们避免与认知失调最危险的后果交恶：相信了自己的谎言。
• Well, that's a laboratory effect but there are some more interesting manifestations of cognitive dissonance.
  这是实验室中得出的结果，但其实认知失调还体现在很多有趣的地方。
• 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。