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

• 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。
• 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。
• Think there was an altercation?
  你认为发生过争吵？
• 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。
• 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。
• Have an altercation with somebody recently?
  最近有没有和人起过纠纷？
• 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；
• 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。
• He gets into a public altercation with the guy.
  他当众和这家伙发生争执。