altercation
n. 争辩,争吵
An altercation is a noisy argument or disagreement.
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。
1. noisy quarrel
At which point did you get into a verbal altercation with the two Marine captains?
在什么情况下你和两个海军陆战队上校发生了口角?
Altercation is a formal word and indicates a noisy argument.
是个文雅的词,意为吵吵嚷嚷的争辩.
Throughout the entire altercation, not one sensible word was uttered.
争了半天, 没有一句话是切合实际的.
I could not 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.
The boys had an altercation over the umpire's decision.
男孩子们对裁判的判决颇有争议.