dispute

1. a disagreement or argument about something important;

"he had a dispute with his wife"

"there were irreconcilable differences"

"the familiar conflict between Republicans and Democrats"

2. coming into conflict with

dis-, 分开，散开。-put, 思考，词源同compute, putative. 即不同的思考，引申词义争论。

dispute

dispute: [13] Dispute comes via Old French disputer from Latin disputāre, a compound verb formed from the prefix dis- ‘separately’ and putāre ‘consider, reckon, think’ (source of a wide range of English words, from computer to reputation). It was originally a commercial term, denoting the calculation of a sum by considering each of its items separately, but its meaning eventually broadened out to ‘estimate, examine, weigh up’ – either mentally or (the sense which prevailed) by discussion with others.

The neutral sense ‘discuss’ held centre stage in classical Latin, but later (in the Vulgate, for instance) a note of acrimony appeared, signalling the beginnings of dispute’s current sense ‘argue’.
=> computer, count, putative, reputation

dispute (v.)

c. 1300, from Old French desputer (12c.) "dispute, fight over, contend for, discuss," from Latin disputare "weigh, examine, discuss, argue, explain," from dis- "separately" (see dis-) + putare "to count, consider," originally "to prune" (see pave).

Used in Vulgate in sense of "to argue, contend with words." Related: Disputable; disputed; disputing. The noun is not certainly recorded before 1590s (disputacioun in that sense is from late 14c.).

argue, quarrel, debate, dispute, discuss, reason

这些动词均含"辩论，争论，说理"之意。

argue：指提出理由或证据为自己或自己一方的看法或立场辩护，着重说理、论证和企图说服。

quarrel：指两人之间或两个团体之间不友好的、吵吵嚷嚷地大声争论某事，尤指"吵嘴、吵架"。

debate：侧重指意见等对立的双方之间正式或公开的争辩。

dispute：侧重对分歧进行激烈或热烈的争论或争辩，带一定感情色彩，常隐含"各持已见"或"争论不休"意味。

discuss：最常用词，指就某一或某些问题表明观点、看法等，以便统一认识，解决问题。

reason：指据理力争以说服对方或求得对问题作更深入的研究。

controversy, argument, conflict, debate, dispute, quarrel, strife

这组名词均有"争执，不和"之意。

controversy： 侧重指深刻的意见分歧，多指对引起广泛兴趣或非常重要的问题的辨论。

argument： 指辩论双方均以事实或理由来说服对方的辨论。

conflict： 指双方坚持已见、互不妥协，怀有敌意的争论，多暗示分歧极为严重，有时用语言无法解决，只得诉诸武力。

debate： 通常指经过仔细组织和计划的个人或团体之间的辩论。

dispute： 普通用词，侧重指长时间，言词激烈，针锋相对的争辩。

quarrel： 普通用词，既可指言词激烈的争吵，也可指温和的言词上的不和。

strife： 指因不可缓和的矛盾而引起的争吵或斗殴。

They want to protect themselves against medical disputes.

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There is, in our view, no real dispute here, we are all seeking the same thing, which is schools that better serve our children and our nation by encouraging students to tackle tough subjects under the guidance of gifted teachers.

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Disputes were characterized by intense verbal ( 言语上的) aggression, tended to be repeated and not resolved and made men, more than women, extremely angry.

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It is the chief cause of family disputes

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Disputes over money may rain a relationship.

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For example, there’s a problem that needs to be addressed immediately, resulting in a dispute over who should be the one to fix it.

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It could lead to more out-of-court settlements of such disputes.

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Reasons for this ranged from inheritance disputes to hostility between spouses.

出自-2014年6月听力原文

More than half of them were involved in inheritance disputes

出自-2014年6月听力原文

A labor dispute at a bus company.

出自-2013年12月听力原文

A spokesman for the management said that they'd hope they could now get back to producing cars, and that they lost lot of money and orders over this dispute.

出自-2010年6月听力原文

Another factor may be that more people are trying to overpack their carry-on bags to avoid checked-baggage fees, though the airlines strongly dispute this.

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1. The council recently drew fire for its intervention in the dispute.

委员会最近因为介入该起争端而遭到批评。

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2. There are few goodies and baddies in this industrial dispute.

在这次劳资纠纷中几乎没有绝对的好人与坏人。

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3. They agreed to try to settle their dispute by negotiation.

他们同意通过谈判来努力解决纠纷。

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4. The dispute culminated last week in a lawsuit against the government.

上周这一纠纷达到高潮，政府被告上了法庭。

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5. The company is currently in dispute with the government over price fixing.

该公司目前与政府在是否存在价格操控问题上存在分歧。

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