altercation

altercation

英 [ɒltə'keɪʃ(ə)n]
　　美 [,ɔltɚ'keʃən]

n. 爭執

中文詞源：

altercation 爭吵

alter, 爭吵，改變。字母c 來自形容詞後綴-ic, 字母i脫落。

例句：

1. Throughout the entire altercation, not one sensible word was uttered.
爭瞭半天, 沒有一句話是切合實際的.

2. The boys had an altercation over the umpire's decision.
男孩子們對裁判的判決頗有爭議.

3. I had a slight altercation with some people who objected to our filming.
我和一些反對我們拍攝的人發生瞭小小的口角。

4. Only occasionally a hubbub of altercation rises to the skies.
隻是偶然發生口角,大聲地吵鬧.

5. They had an altercation about a trifle.
他們為一點小事爭吵起來.