con-, 强调。-flict, 鞭子，击打，词源同flagellate(鞭笞), afflict.

1. The ethnic populations are so intermingled that there's bound to be conflict.

各民族人口如此杂居，肯定会发生冲突。

2. This was a straight conflict of directly opposed aims.

这是完全对立的目标之间的正面冲突。

3. The time has come to put an end to the conflict.

结束冲突的时候到了。

4. He has attempted to find a peaceful solution to the Ossetian conflict.

他试图寻求和平解决奥赛梯冲突的方案。

5. He's looking for a way out from this conflict.

他正在想办法摆脱这一纷争。