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单词 altercation
释义
altercation
noun[C]
formal
uk
/ˌɒl.təˈkeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌɑːl.tɚˈkeɪ.ʃən/
aloudargumentordisagreement:
争辩；争吵；口角
According towitnesses, the altercationbetweenthe two menstartedinside therestaurant.据目击者说，两人之间的口角是在饭店内开始的。
Synonyms
affrayspecialized
fracas
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Arguments & disagreements
  • argument
  • be (on) non-speakersidiom
  • belligerence
  • bickering
  • blow(someone/something)up
  • bust up
  • clash
  • conflict
  • contentiousness
  • contretemps
  • ding-dong
  • disagreement
  • dispute
  • dust-up
  • hostility
  • kerfuffle
  • misunderstanding
  • personality clash
  • spat
  • squabble
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(Definition ofaltercationfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

altercation| American Dictionary

altercation
noun[C]
us
/ˌɔl·tərˈkeɪ·ʃən/
aloudargumentordisagreement:
Phil got into an altercation with hispartner.
(Definition ofaltercationfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofaltercation

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Cases in which the patient used alcohol before thealtercationwere included.
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The former meaning is correct, but the latter is so mistaken that if it were used it would surely cause analtercation!
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In general, appeals for reduction (particularly of monetary fines) had a good chance, more so in the case of verbal conflicts than in violent altercations.
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Classrooms (and laboratories) where there are highly asymmetrical authority relations between teacher/experimenter and student tend to suppress the engagement ofaltercationskills.
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First, there is the possibility of analtercationwhen someone refuses to give his name.
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There is the tradition of diffuse debate and angryaltercation.
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He was involved in a slightaltercationabout underground trains.
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He was involved in analtercationin the local pub, and not a particularly elegantaltercationbut simply an argument with another constituent of mine.
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That is when altercations began between the public and the police.
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I think we have had enough of this personalaltercation.
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Inevitably, the debate has been about thealtercation—if that is the right word—between the two employers' associations in the building industry.
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It will lead toaltercationand interminable disputes into which the police will inevitably and unnecessarily be drawn.
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Comparable men in the nationalised industries are the subject of criticism, dispute andaltercation.
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I believe that, in the 1920s or 1930s, somealtercationtook place about this very site.
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They would spend their time putting cuts of meat on the weighing machine and having altercations with the shopkeeper.
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