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

• You didn't actually see the altercation begin.
  你并没有看到争吵的开始。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• I could no fill their papers with private altercation, in which they had no concern.
  我不能在他们的报纸上连篇累牍地刊登与之无关的私人争吵。
• A defense official said Roberts got into a physical altercation with a woman with whom he was having an affair.
  一名国防部官员称，罗伯茨和一名与其私通的女性发生肢体冲突。
• 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。
• 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 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。