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- a disagreement, argument, or debate意见不同; 争辩; 辩论：
a territorial dispute between the two countries
两国之间的领土之争
mass noun the Commission is in dispute with the government.委员会与政府持不同意见。
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- a disagreement between management and employees that leads to industrial action（管理层和雇员间的）纠纷：
an industrial dispute.
劳资纠纷。
with obj.
1- argue about (something); discuss heatedly争论; 辩论：
the point has been much disputed
这一点已经被反复讨论了
no obj. he taught and disputed with local poets.他教授当地的诗人并和他们进行讨论。
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- question whether (a statement or alleged fact) is true or valid对（声明或未证实的事实）进行质疑：
the accusations are not disputed
这些指控未被质疑
with clause the estate disputes that it is responsible for the embankment.该庄园对它该负责筑堤的说法表示异议。
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- compete for; strive to win为…竞争; 争夺：
the two drivers crashed while disputing the lead.
两个司机在争先时撞到了一起。
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- archaic resist (a landing or advance)〈古〉阻止（着陆）; 抵抗（进攻）：
the Sudanese chose Teb as the ground upon which to dispute the advance.
苏丹人选择了泰伯作为抵抗进攻的地点。
短语
beyond（或past,without）dispute
- certain or certainly; without doubt无疑的; 无疑地：
the main part of his argument was beyond dispute.
他的观点的主要部分是毋庸置疑的。
open to dispute
- not definitely decided未确定的：
such estimates are always open to dispute.
这样的推测总是不确定的。
派生词
disputant
noundisputer
noun词源
Middle English: via Old French from Latin disputare 'to estimate' （in late Latin 'to dispute'）， from dis- 'apart'+putare 'reckon'.