请输入您要查询的英文单词：

　

单词 contretemps
释义
contretemps
noun[C]
mainlyUK
uk
/ˈkɒn.trə.tɒ/us
/ˈkɑːn.trə.tɑː/
pluralcontretemps
asmallargumentorunluckyevent, oftenhappeninginpublicandcausingsocialembarrassment:
口角；不幸事件
There was aslightcontretempsbetweenRichard and someguyat thebar.在酒吧理查德德和一个家伙发生了几句口角。
Have you got overyourlittle contretempswiththeneighbouryet, or are you still notspeaking?你和邻居消除龃龉了呢，还是仍然不说话？
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Arguments & disagreements
  • argument
  • be (on) non-speakersidiom
  • belligerence
  • bickering
  • blow(someone/something)up
  • bust up
  • clash
  • conflict
  • contentiousness
  • ding-dong
  • disagreement
  • dispute
  • dust-up
  • hostility
  • kerfuffle
  • misunderstanding
  • personality clash
  • spat
  • squabble
  • wrangle
See more results »
(Definition ofcontretempsfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcontretemps

contretemps
This is a finecontretempsof mutual feeling!
From theCambridge English Corpus
The value of such acontretempsabout moral issues is that it raises large and important questions, pointing to the conversation of morality as the key.
From theCambridge English Corpus
On the other hand, when one comes to works of art by living artists,contretempsdo sometimes occur.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
There was a slightcontretempsover the figures: another source said that eight of those authorities were indebted to some extent.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
The possibility of divorce and re-marriage of the healthy person, and then thiscontretempsis too terrible to contemplate.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
We had good relationships and there were some amusingcontretempswith the witnesses.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
My second illustration relates to a family who had been involved in acontretempswith the police.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
That is the spirit in which we now have to tackle both the economic and the political issues that open up before us because of thiscontretempswhich has occurred.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I apologise if that caused acontretemps.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
This morning we had a minorcontretemps, a slight ruffling of the waters and a rocking of the boat, but we were glad to survive that.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Hiscontretempsearlier this year in the little matter of fixed exchange rates suggests that he does not know what he is letting himself in for.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Thecontretempsdid not help the park's attempt to battle a national trend of declining amusement park traffic.
From
Wikipedia
Creatives commons iconThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Should it be a child that you are having acontretempswith, the ideal is deviation tactics.
From
Wikipedia
Creatives commons iconThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/contretemps##
随便看

　

英汉双解词典包含207842条英汉词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。

　

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间：2026/3/6 11:55:00