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

• 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。
• Have an altercation with somebody recently?
  最近有没有和人起过纠纷？
• 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。
• 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。
• Think there was an altercation?
  你认为发生过争吵？
• You didn't actually see the altercation begin.
  你并没有看到争吵的开始。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。