1.〈正式〉争吵,口角,争辩
1.<formal>a noisy argument
1.She said her decision was prompted by an altercation with the police.
她说作出如此仓促的决定是因为与警察发生了争吵。
2.The water bottle-throwing was an altercation, and Tim Duncan was not in the vicinity of his bench.
扔水瓶是一种冲突行为，而这时邓肯并没有站在他的板凳附近。
3.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。
4.Mr Lu said the altercation happened while they were shooting a scene showing Japanese soldiers dancing to the beat of a giant drum.
陆川先生说，在拍摄一个杀人时显现日军士兵敲锣打鼓手舞足蹈的场面时，双方之间发生了口角。
5.Why hadn't she hauled off at him like this in the old days of allegation and altercation ?
为什么她也不拽开他，就像在过去的日子里与他辩解和争吵时那样；
6.Policeman: Has the child been involved in an altercation with a drunken or mentally ill member of his family?
警察：这孩子是不是和家里喝醉了酒的人或是精神不正常的人发生了口角？。
7.Singer Bobby Brown has been charged with battery after a weekend altercation with his wife , singer Whitney Houston .
歌手博比·布朗在周末与其妻---歌星惠特尼。休斯顿发生一场口角后被控以殴打罪。
8.Evidently two of the girls there had an altercation and one pushed the other off the wharf and into the water.
显然，那里的两个女孩子互相有了争执，所以其中一个人把另一个人从泊船的地方推下了水。
9.A few days after the altercation between husband and wife, William Dazley was taken ill with stomach ache and vomiting.
夫妻俩吵架几天后，威廉·达兹利就犯病了，出现胃痛和呕吐症状。
10.The Republican gubernatorial nominee has acknowledged reaching a deal with the employee over the altercation three years ago.
三年前，惠特曼曾亲自承认，确实同这位员工私下达成了和解。如今，惠特曼已成为加州州长候选人。