altercations

英 [ˌɔːltəˈkeɪʃ(ə)nz]

美 [ˌɑltərˈkeɪʃənz]

n.  争论; 争辩; 争吵
altercation的复数

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。

双语例句

• Thousands of antiriot police are on the scene, but so far there have been no major altercations.
  抗议现场部署了数千名防暴警察，但迄今为止尚未发生严重的争执。
• I've used drugs, I've had physical altercations with dangerous people, people were angry.
  我吸过毒，曾经和危险人物发生过身体冲突，他们很生气。
• We cannot stop minor altercations or confrontations, but we will prevent any escalation into an all out war.
  我们无法停止未成年人之间的争论或是对抗，但是我们会阻止任何逐步升级的全面战争。
• A reporter asked Wenger for his view of the incident during his pre-match press conference and pointed out that the Frenchman had been involved in his fair share of altercations down the years.
  一个记者问温格关于昨天曼奇尼事件的看法，并且指出温格几年前卷入的类似争端。
• Teams are not allowed to incite the crowd by showing clips of altercations or hard fouls from previous games.
  球队播放纠纷或者严重犯规的录像来煽动观众，这是不被允许的。
• If we also keep in mind that uncontrolled anger would hurt our livers, then setting up rules for altercations is actually protective to our health.
  同时，在得知「怒气伤肝」后，吵架规则更成了一剂身心保健的良方。