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

Besides, there had been no altercation; the assailant had come in so silently and suddenly, that she had been felled before she could look round.
此外，根本没有发生过争执，这个凶手是悄悄地进来的，而且是突然袭击，在我姐姐还没有来得及掉头望一下时，就把她击倒在地。
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。
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；
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。
Did you have an altercation with her at the wedding?
你有没有跟她在婚礼上发生口角？
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。
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。
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。
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。