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

• 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。
• Since adopting the new standard, there is very great altercation on operating.
  采用新标准以来，操作上有了很大的改变。
• Or use it as an excuse to don your new pair of aviators& you might just ground an altercation before it takes off.
  你也可以趁着这个机会戴上你新买的飞行员墨镜&可别还没起飞就吵起来了。
• 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 said Kandy got into an altercation with a customer last night.
  你说昨晚凯迪和客人发生争执。
• No physical altercation took place but Zhai reportedly said something along the lines of "at worst, I will risk anything on the line." The professor called the campus police.
  尽管并未发生肢体冲突，但据报道，翟田田说了几句像大不了就拼了。这样的话，随即教授报告了校警。
• They feel things so intensely that it is difficult for them not to enter altercation.
  他们认为事情如此激烈，这是他们难以不得进入争吵。
• Think there was an altercation?
  你认为发生过争吵？
• Did you have an altercation with her at the wedding?
  你有没有跟她在婚礼上发生口角？
• A defense official said Roberts got into a physical altercation with a woman with whom he was having an affair.
  一名国防部官员称，罗伯茨和一名与其私通的女性发生肢体冲突。