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

• He gets into a public altercation with the guy.
  他当众和这家伙发生争执。
• Have an altercation with somebody recently?
  最近有没有和人起过纠纷？
• According to witnesses, the altercation between the two Nen started inside the restaurant.
  据目击者说，这两个男人之间的争吵在饭店里就开始了。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• Who were you on the phone with just before your altercation?
  打架之前你在和谁通话？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。