Discord是一个英语单词，意为”不和谐”、”分歧”，也可以缩写词，指的是一款电子游戏使用的通讯软件。从以下三个方面来了解这个词：
1. 词源学
Discord这个单词源于拉丁语”discordia”，意为””、”不和”，其后被英语借用。在英语中常常与”harmony”（和谐）相对，指的是不和谐、矛盾的状态。
2. 用法
Discord可以作为名词、动词和形容词使用。作为名词时，可以表示”不和谐”的状态，也可以指”矛盾”、”分歧”；作为动词时，表示”不和谐”、”矛盾”；作为形容词时，表示”不和谐的”、”矛盾的”。
3. 扩展用法
近年来，Discord这个词汇又因为游戏通讯软件Discord而变得更加流行。这个软件允许用户通过语音或文本进行在线交流，广受游戏玩家的喜爱。现在，人们常常使用Discord来指代这个软件。
例句：
1. The discord between the two countries has led to a long-standing conflict.
（两国之间的矛盾导致了长期的冲突。）
2. The discord between the sales and marketing departments led to a decrease in profits.
（销售部门和市场部门之间的分歧导致了利润下降。）
3. The band’s music is intentionally discordant, which some people find challenging.
（这支乐队的音乐有意制造不和谐的效果，一些人觉得很挑战。）
4. The teacher wanted to avoid discord in the clroom by encouraging cooperation and respect among the students.
（老师想要避免课堂上的不和谐，因此鼓励学生之间相互合作和尊重。）
5. The gamers used Discord to coordinate their strategy during the game.
（游戏玩家使用Discord来协调他们在游戏中的策略。）
中文翻译：不和，纷争，不和谐
读音：dɪs’kɔːd
例句：
1. Their constant discord makes it difficult to work together.（他们经常争吵，很难一起工作。）
2. The discord between the two nations escalated into a full-blown war.（两国之间的不和升级为一场全面战争。）
3. The discordant notes from the piano made my ears ache.（钢琴发出的不和谐音符让我耳朵疼痛。）
discord的意思是”人名、事物”，在英美地区还有”人”的意思，读音为[‘diskɒ:d]，discord常被用作名词，在《新英汉词典（第3版）》中，共找到26个与discord相关的例句。
1.人名
例句:It’s the politics of divisiveness and discord, personal attacks instead of public achievement, negative campaigning instead of positive creation. (充斥着不和与纷争 政客不为民谋福 只会相互攻击 没有积极的创造 只有消极的竞选)
2.事物
例句:My children, we live in a time of discord and hatred. (我的孩子们 我们生活在一个憎恨 和仇恨的时代)
3.人
例句:Arab leaders began their Kuwait summit, Monday, amid discord, and ended it, a day later, amid more discord. (伯在不协调的气氛中从星期一开始了他们在科威特的首脑会谈，一天以后又在更不协调的气氛中结束了会谈。)
4.冲突、人
例句:The perverse at heart will seek out the ambiguities, trying to create discord by pinning down meanings of their own. (翻译:心术不正的 会去寻找有歧义的部分， 用他们自己扭曲了的解释， 企图制造不和。)
discord一般作为名词、动词使用，如在in discord(不和,不协调)、in discord with(与…不和)、discord harmony(不协和和声)等常见短语中出现较多。
1. Arab leaders began their Kuwait summit, Monday, amid discord, and ended it, a day later, amid more discord. (翻译:伯在不协调的气氛中从星期一开始了他们在科威特的首脑会谈，一天以后又在更不协调的气氛中结束了会谈。)
2. The perverse at heart will seek out the ambiguities, trying to create discord by pinning down meanings of their own. (翻译:心术不正的 会去寻找有歧义的部分， 用他们自己扭曲了的解释， 企图制造不和。)
3. Therefore many may not find the use of flower essences as powerful as you once may have as we cannot take on your discord beloved. (翻译:因此许多人会发现使用花精不再象你以前用过的那样能带给你力量，因为我们不能承担你的不和谐，至爱的人类。)
4. Necklace of Harmonia, Hercules’ bow, Golden Apple of Discord. (翻译:哈耳摩尼亚颈链、海克力斯之弓 纷争之金苹果)
5. For decades, you have lived in the world torn apart by religious discord. (翻译:数xx年来 因为异 我们活在支离破碎的 悲惨世界里)
6. Well, if there is marital discord, the Underwoods certainly wouldn’t want to admit it. (翻译:如果真的出现了婚姻不和 安德伍德夫妇肯定不愿承认)
7. He was determined to find his own life, go to a place where there is no cat… By chance, Polishchuk know beta, two mice discord no concord, and soon became good friends! (翻译:他决心去寻找属于自己的生活，去一个没有猫的地方去……机缘巧合，舒克认识了贝塔，两只小老鼠不打不相识，很快成为了好朋友！ )
8. She repulses Discord, represented by snakes. (翻译:她厌恶不和，以蛇为代表。)
9. I have come to sow discord between a man and his father, between a daughter and her mother. (翻译:我是来 播下 一个男人和 他的父亲 之间的 不和， 间的 女儿和 她的母亲。)
10. So vast the discord between them that is was said only a great hero or a terrible villain might bring them together. (翻译:相处的非常不和谐 这就是为什么人们都说 只有英雄或是卑鄙小人才能使两个国家团结)
11. Here’s a little advice that might help you avoid matrimonial discord. (翻译:以下的几条建议，也许能帮助你避免婚姻危机。)
12. Well, while I can’t deny my desire for marital discord, I won’t hurt Lily. (翻译:尽管我不否认我也希望他们婚姻不和 但是我不会伤害Lily)
13. Harmony has yielded to discord. (翻译:和谐已经让位给了不和谐。)
14. On the eve of this festival all activities, which add to social discord or bitterness are declared taboo from the temple pulpits . (翻译:在盛典的前夕，一切增加社会不安定与苦难的活动都从寺庙讲坛被宣告禁止。)
15. That anyone would try to inflame racial discord by doing something so base. (翻译:居然有人靠如此卑劣的手段 企图煽动种族不和)
discord作为名词、动词的时候，其近义词以及反义词有s、discords/i、discording/p、discorded/3、discords/d、discorded等。
