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- dispute
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1.
vb
to argue, debate, or quarrel about (something)
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2.
vt.
[tr; may take a clause as object]
to doubt the validity, etc, of
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3.
vt.
[tr]
to seek to win; contest for
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4.
vt.
[tr]
to struggle against; resist
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5.
n
an argument or quarrel
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n
[Etymology]
C13: from Late Latin disput
a re to contend verbally, from Latin: to discuss, fromdis- 1 + puta re to think
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1.
vb
to argue, debate, or quarrel about (something)
Examples
- friendly termination of a dispute
- 争论的和好结局 → termination
- How did the contract get caught up in a legal dispute?
- 合同怎么会陷入法律纠纷呢？
- the dispute went to arbitration
- 争论交付仲裁 → arbitration
- Building has stopped while the dispute is being resolved.
- 在解决分歧期间建设工作暂停。 → building
- to be in dispute
- [+people, countries] 有纠纷 → dispute
- I don't dispute that...
- 我毫不怀疑... → dispute
- The dispute affected relations between management and workers.
- 这场争端影响到管理层和工人的关系。 → worker
- demarcation dispute → demarcation
- the union invoked the dispute procedure → invoke
- a labour dispute → labour
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