early 15c., "disagreement," from Middle French dissonance and directly from Late Latin dissonantia, from Latin dissonantem (see dissonant). Figurative use dates from 1875.
雙語例句
1. Dissonance among the three partners doomed the project.
三個(gè)股東間的不調(diào)和注定了那計(jì)劃的失敗.
來自辭典例句
2. Cognitive dissonance is also applied to a perceived incongruity between a person's attitudes and his behaviour.