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

• Have an altercation with somebody recently?
  最近有没有和人起过纠纷？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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；
• 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。
• Did you have an altercation with her at the wedding?
  你有没有跟她在婚礼上发生口角？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。