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 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。
• Did you have an altercation with her at the wedding?
  你有没有跟她在婚礼上发生口角？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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；
• 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。
• 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。