汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 势不两立
势不两立 (勢不兩立)
the two cannot exist together (idiom); irreconcilable differences / incompatible standpoints
两立 Side by side / Refers to hostile parties cannot exist at the same time / Metaphorical contradictions are irreconcilable
敌对的双方不能同时并存孤与老贼势不两立。
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

我并没有说,哀恸和欢笑势不两立

I'm not talking about mourning versus laughing.

我们的仇恨不共戴天,我与你势不两立

You and I are at daggers drawn.

我没料到他们为这一点小事竟会如此势不两立

I didn't expect them to be at daggers drawn over such a trivial thing.

他的国和这世界的国是势不两立的。

His kingdom and the kingdom of this world were in deadly hostility.

势不两立的敌对方试图了结恩怨的地方,他总是可以协调各方。

He was always balanced in that place where incompatibilities try to resolve themselves.

它们之间的关系常在一瞬间发生变化——化敌为友或势不两立:为敌时绞尽脑汁,互不相让;

The relationship between them often in the moment change - turning hostility into friendship or irreconcilable: when an enemy racked his brains, to each other;

由于过多地暴露在聚光灯下,手里又握着大把的钞票,他们陷入了争吵不休、意志消沉和势不两立的内讧当中。

Now that they were so much in the spotlight, and in the money, they fell into bickering, demoralized, warring factions.

维纳斯,一个美丽而温柔的女性,是为爱的女神;朱诺,一个可怕的悍妇,是为婚姻的女神;她们始终是势不两立的死对头。

Venus, a beautiful good-natured lady, was the goddess of love; Juno, a terrible shrew, the goddess of marriage; and they are always mortal enemies.