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

• 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。
• 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；
• 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。
• You said Kandy got into an altercation with a customer last night.
  你说昨晚凯迪和客人发生争执。
• This led to an altercation in which Ding was thrown against the corner of an outside wall, causing injuries to his face and wrist.
  之后，对峙演变成肢体冲突，丁被摔到商店外墙的角落，导致面部和手腕受伤。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。