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

• Think there was an altercation?
  你认为发生过争吵？
• The two chambermaids being again left alone, began a second bout at altercation.
  房里只剩下两个女仆，她们又开始了第二个回合的争吵。
• Does Alfred and the Joker get into an altercation?
  阿尔弗雷德和小丑之间会有冲突吗？
• The deed thoroughly answered: a source of domestic altercation was entirely done away, and it was the means of opening Susan's heart to her, and giving her something more to love and be interested in.
  这件事完全收到了应有的效果。家庭纠纷的一个根源给彻底消除了，苏珊从此向她敞开了心扉，她也就多了一个可以喜爱、可以关心的人。
• There was an altercation between the Judo man and Sensei ellis, I am not sure what happened out of site but the Judo man did not go on stage next as he should have.
  有人殴斗男子柔道和埃利斯唤醒，我不知道发生了什麽出现场，但男子柔道不下去，到下一阶段，他应该做的事。
• 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；
• The teacher halted the altercation by separating the two opponents before they could come to blows.
  老师在敌对的双方互殴之前拉开他们，阻止了争吵。
• The suspect, they said, also had blood on him, and fresh bruises, which indicated he had just been involved in an altercation.
  犯罪嫌疑人，他们说，也有他的血，新伤，这表明他刚刚在口角参与。
• A manager with a Chongqing-based financial company, said a memo was sent to all employees warning them that bringing beer to office, coming to work late without a valid reason, or getting involved in any altercation with colleagues regarding football will result in dismissal.
  重庆某金融公司的一名经理说，公司已向所有员工下发了一份备忘录，其中警告说员工一旦被发现带啤酒来办公室、无缘无故迟到、或和同事争论足球，就会被开除。
• 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。