GRE重點詞匯解析：conflagration

　　conflagration: 戰(zhàn)爭： a state of armed violent struggle between states, nations, or groups

　　1) a great fire

　　【考法1】n. 大火： a large destructive fire

　　【例】 All the stock was destroyed in a warehouse conflagration. 倉庫里所有的貨物都被一場大火燒毀了。

　　【近】 holocaust, inferno

　　【考法2】n. 武裝沖突，戰(zhàn)爭： a state of armed violent struggle between states, nations, or groups

　　【例】 What began as a skirmish over disputed territory erupted into a conflagration that swept the continent.

　　這場席卷整個大陸的戰(zhàn)爭是由之前關于有糾紛的領土的小沖突引發(fā)的。

　　【近】 conflict, war, warfare

　　【反】 peace 和平;truce 休戰(zhàn)