Word · Frequency #23569
affray
吵架;打架;滋事
核心释义
法律上特指在公共场所打架闹事。
a noisy quarrel or fight
- 1.
突然扰乱他人的行为;攻击或袭击
The act of suddenly disturbing anyone; an assault or attack.
- 2.
混乱的袭击或争吵
A tumultuous assault or quarrel.
- 3.
两人或多人公开斗殴,引起他人恐慌
The fighting of two or more persons, in a public place, to the terror of others.
突然扰乱他人的行为;攻击或袭击;混乱的袭击或争吵;两人或多人公开斗殴,引起他人恐慌;吵架;滋事;[法] 吵嘴
用法In use
The argument outside the restaurant turned into an affray, and someone called the police.
用法提示:affray 是名词,表示闹事的打斗。
A loud affray broke out in the car park after the concert.
用法提示:affray 作名词,指喧闹的打架事件。
He was arrested for taking part in an affray near the station.
用法提示:affray 是名词,指公共场合的斗殴或滋事。
an affray
affray 是可数名词,指在公共场所发生的吵闹或打架。
An affray broke out in the bar.
酒吧里发生了一场斗殴。
be charged with affray
在法律语境中,affray 作不可数名词,前面通常不加冠词。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- commit affray
- 实施滋事行为;打架滋事
- The two men committed affray in the market square.这两名男子在集市广场打架滋事。
- public affray
- 当众斗殴;公共场所闹事
- The police were called to stop a public affray.警察被叫来制止一场当众斗殴。
- be charged with affray
- 被控滋事
- He was charged with affray after the disturbance.骚乱发生后,他被控滋事。
- be involved in an affray
- 卷入斗殴
- Several students were involved in an affray outside the school.几名学生在校外卷入了一场斗殴。
- affray with a weapon
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
联想 a fray(一场打斗):街头 affray 就是吵架、打架闹事。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域:formal 常见场景:legal documents、news reports affray 是正式用词,多用于法律或新闻报道场合,指在公共场所的斗殴或喧闹争吵。日常生活中不太常用,一般出现在书面或正式表述中。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词的重读音节都以 /eɪ/ 结尾,与 affray /əˈfreɪ/ 押韵:array /əˈreɪ/、obey /əˈbeɪ/ 与 affray 的重音位置和元音相同;fray /freɪ/、pray /preɪ/、tray /treɪ/、weigh /weɪ/ 也押韵。注意 weigh 虽是 -eigh 拼写,仍读 /weɪ/;affray 与 afraid /əˈfreɪd/ 形近,但 afraid 多了一个结尾的 /d/,发音不同。
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