an angry and bitter argument between two people or groups of people that continues over a long period of time 長期不和;爭吵不休;世仇;夙怨 - feud between A and B
a long-running feud between the two artists 兩個藝術家之間的夙怨 - feud with somebody
a feud with the neighbours 與鄰不睦 a family feud (= within a family or between two families) 家族世仇 - feud over somebody/something
a feud over money 爲錢爭吵不休
Extra ExamplesTopics Opinion and argumentc2The incident started a family feud. 這個事件引發了家族世仇。 They had a long-running feud over money. 他們因錢的問題長期不和。 a long-standing family feud 長期的血親複仇 a time to settle old feuds 解決舊怨的時機 his personal feud with the city authorities 他個人與市政當局的恩怨 the feuds between rival companies 相互競爭的公司之間的爭端
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- long
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Word OriginMiddle English fede ‘hostility, ill will’, from Old French feide, from Middle Dutch, Middle Low German vēde, of Germanic origin; related to foe.- feud between A and B