collide

Compared meaning: to disagree or not fit well together (verb).

比较义项：冲突、抵触（动词）。

• jar

  Mild and rather literary: describes tastes, colours, tones or opinions feeling unpleasantly incongruous together; almost always used with 'with'; weaker than clash.

  语气较温和、偏书面语：形容品味、颜色、语气或观点搭配在一起显得不协调、不悦耳；几乎总是与介词“with”连用；语气比clash弱。

  The bright orange curtains jarred badly with the soft pastel walls.

  亮橙色的窗帘与柔和的粉彩墙壁很不协调。

• collide 本词

  Suggests two strongly opposing forces meeting head-on; typically used for interests, ambitions, schedules or viewpoints directly clashing; often paired with 'with'.

  强调两种对立的力量正面相遇；常用于利益、抱负、日程或观点直接相撞的场合；常与介词“with”搭配。

  Her career ambitions collided with her family's expectations after graduation.

  毕业后，她的事业抱负与家人的期望发生了冲突。

• clash

  The most common, neutral, everyday choice; used for open disagreement or conflict between people, groups, ideas, or for clashing colours and styles; stronger and more direct than jar.

  最常见、最中性的日常用词；用于人与人、团体之间或观点之间公开的分歧或冲突，也可指颜色、风格的不协调；比jar更强烈、更直接。

  The two committee members clashed openly over how to spend the budget.

  两位委员会成员就预算该如何使用公开发生了冲突。

Jar, collide, and clash all mean things disagree. Jar: mild, for tastes, colours, or opinions that clash. Collide: two forces meeting head-on, like interests or plans. Clash: the most common word, for conflict between people or colours. (Jar's container sense, collide's crash sense: not compared.)

这三个词在“意见或事物互不协调、发生冲突”这一意义上很接近，但语气强弱和使用场合不同：jar最温和、偏书面语，多形容颜色、品味或语气的不协调；collide强调两股力量正面相撞，多用于利益、日程或观点；clash最常见、最直接，可用于人与人之间公开的争执，也可指颜色不搭。这里不比较jar作名词表示“广口瓶”的义项，也不比较collide表示车辆等实际相撞的字面义。