striving

p. a. contending,struggling,quarreling 竞争的，斗争的，争吵不和的。
△3H.VI.2.5.97:“The red roseand the white are on his face,/ The fatal colours ofour striving houses；”(The red and white roses weretraditionally symbolic of life and death respectively,as of the houses of Lancaster and York.)红玫瑰和白玫瑰都出现在这个人的脸上，这正是我们这两个争斗不休的家族的预兆死亡的标徽。