Dispute



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GRE 红宝书

• v. 争论
• ［类］ prohibitive : purchase / peremptory : debate ( 昂贵的无法购买 / 专横的无法争论) 反义词: accept ( 接受, 同意)

Webster Collegiate

I. verb (disputed; disputing)

• Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French desputer, from Latin disputare to discuss, from dis- + putare to think
• Date: 13th century
• intransitive verb
  • to engage in argument ; debate; especially to argue irritably or with irritating persistence
• transitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to make the subject of disputation <legislators hotly disputed the bill>
    • b. to call into question <her honesty was never disputed>
  • 2.
    • a. to struggle against ; oppose <disputed the advance of the invaders>
    • b. to contend over <both sides disputed the bridgehead>
• ? disputable adjective
• ? disputably adverb
• ? disputer noun

II. noun

• Date: 1555
• 1.
  • a. verbal controversy ; debate
  • b. quarrel
• 2. obsolete physical combat

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