have an altercation with sb
altercation 是可数名词，常见搭配 have an altercation with somebody 表示“与某人争吵”。
She had an altercation with a colleague.
她和一位同事发生了争吵。
争吵；争论
愤怒或激烈的争论。；愤怒或激烈的争辩。
altercation
愤怒或激烈的争论。
An angry or heated dispute.
愤怒或激烈的争辩。
Angry or heated disputation.
The two drivers had a brief altercation over a parking space.
两名司机为了一个停车位发生了短暂的争吵。
用法提示：altercation 是名词，意为“争吵”，在句中作 had 的宾语。
After a loud altercation at the bar, security asked the customers to leave.
酒吧里发生激烈争吵后，保安请顾客离开。
用法提示：altercation 是名词，与 a loud 搭配，表示“激烈争吵”。
He refused to discuss the altercation with his roommate.
他拒绝与室友讨论那次争吵。
用法提示：altercation 是名词，指具体的一次争吵，用作 discuss 的宾语。
altercation 是可数名词，常见搭配 have an altercation with somebody 表示“与某人争吵”。
She had an altercation with a colleague.
她和一位同事发生了争吵。
The altercation between the two neighbors was brief.
两个邻居之间的争吵很短暂。
over 或 about 后接争吵的原因。
There was an altercation over the parking space.
为停车位发生了一场争吵。
altercation 较正式，quarrel 更常用于日常关系中的口角。
argument 常强调讲理和理由，altercation 则更强调激烈吵闹。
dispute 偏向正式纠纷，altercation 偏重当场爆发的口头冲突。
squabble 多指为琐事的小吵，激烈程度远低于 altercation。
row 是英式口语用词，较 altercation 非正式且更强调吵嚷声。
grammar · medium
易错句子They altercated about the price.
正确表达They had an altercation about the price.
altercation 是名词，不是动词；表示“争吵”要用 have an altercation，不能把 altercation 当作动词来用。
grammar · medium
易错句子There was altercation between the two neighbors.
正确表达There was an altercation between the two neighbors.
altercation 是可数名词，单数形式前需要加冠词 an，不能直接裸用。
grammar · medium
易错句子He had an altercation to his coworker.
正确表达He had an altercation with his coworker.
表示“与某人争吵”时，altercation 后面接介词 with，不接 to。
指意见一致或达成共识，与altercation的“争吵”相对；altercation侧重激烈言语冲突。
指融洽无冲突的关系状态，是altercation所缺乏的。
指没有争吵或冲突的宁静状态，与altercation的“吵闹争执”相反。
altercation强调大声、激烈的争吵，含敌意；argument可指理性的讨论或理由，不一定情绪化。
altercation是正式用词，指公开的、吵闹的争执；quarrel是普通用词，指一般的口角或争吵，语气较轻。
altercation与alteration拼写相近，但altercation是‘争吵’，alteration是‘改动、变更’，语义完全无关。
口角；言语冲突
The two players were involved in a verbal altercation during the match.
两名球员在比赛中发生了言语冲突。
肢体冲突；打斗
The security camera caught the physical altercation between the two customers.
监控摄像头拍到了两名顾客之间的肢体冲突。
激烈的争吵
The neighbors had a heated altercation over the property line.
邻居们就地界问题发生了激烈的争吵。
陷入争吵；发生争执
He got into an altercation with a driver who cut him off.
他和一个强行超车的司机发生了争执。
小争执；小口角
The issue began with a minor altercation between two students.
事情的起因是两名学生之间的小争执。
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词根 alter（其他）+ 连接字母 -c- + 名词后缀 -ation（行为/状态）；无前缀
词根 alter（其他，使变成其他）
词根 alter（其他）+ 名词后缀 -ation（行为/结果）
词根 altern-（源于 alter，其他、交替）+ 后缀 -ate
词根 altern-（源于 alter，其他、交替）+ 后缀 -ative
争吵通常伴随很大声响，噪音是altercation的常见特征。
目击者常出现在描述争吵事件的报道或叙述中。
争吵升级时，警察常被叫来处理或调解。
愤怒是引发争吵的常见情绪。
争吵发生后可能有人提出投诉，常见于服务或邻里场景。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.