altercation

英 [ˌɔːltəˈkeɪʃn]

美 [ˌɔːltərˈkeɪʃn]

n.  争论; 争辩; 争吵

复数：altercations　

BNC.22464 / COCA.19011

牛津词典

noun

• 争论；争辩；争吵
  a noisy argument or disagreement

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 争论；争吵
  Analtercationis a noisy argument or disagreement.
  1. I had a slight altercation with some people who objected to our filming.
     我和一些反对我们拍摄的人发生了小小的口角。

英英释义

noun

• noisy quarrel
  Synonym:affrayfracas

双语例句

• Who were you on the phone with just before your altercation?
  打架之前你在和谁通话？
• The two drivers had a long altercation in the middle of the road.
  两个驾驶员在马路当中吵了很久。
• Josh Howard is suspended for the first two games because of his altercation with Brad Miller of Sacramento in a preseason game.
  因为约什霍华德在一场季前赛中与萨克拉门托的布拉德米勒发生争吵而被禁赛2场。
• Why hadn't she hauled off at him like this in the old days of allegation and altercation?
  为什么她也不拽开他，就像在过去的日子里与他辩解和争吵时那样；
• One of the agents got into an "altercation" after a night on the town and was beaten, the television news organization said, citing police reports.
  ABC援引警方提供的消息说，他们抵达布宜诺斯艾利斯的第二天晚上，一位特工与别人发生了“口角”，而且还遭到了殴打。
• You didn't actually see the altercation begin.
  你并没有看到争吵的开始。
• I had a slight altercation with some people who objected to our filming.
  我和一些反对我们拍摄的人发生了小小的口角。
• He gets into a public altercation with the guy, so, he gets fired.
  他和此人发生过公开的争吵，因此他被解雇了；
• In 2010, his first wife was arrested after an altercation with the woman who later became the second wife.
  在2010年，第一任妻子还因为和一个女性发生口角而被捕，而这名女性就是之后的第二任妻子。
• I could no fill their papers with private altercation, in which they had no concern.
  我不能在他们的报纸上连篇累牍地刊登与之无关的私人争吵。