喜樂美語

核心畫面

Picture two people leaning over the very same thing and ' it apart' — each adds up the facts and lands on an opposite total, so they clash. Dispute is that clash: one matter, two sides who will not agree on it.

可以想成兩個人盯著同一件事，各自在心裡『分開盤算』，卻算出相反的結論，於是槓上了。dispute 就是這種對同一件事…更多收起可以想成兩個人盯著同一件事，各自在心裡『分開盤算』，卻算出相反的結論，於是槓上了。dispute 就是這種對同一件事各執一詞、互不相讓的狀態。

From the word’s history

From Latin dis- 'apart' + putare 'to reckon, think' — literally 'to reckon apart'. Two sides weigh the same matter and come out on opposite sides.

來自拉丁文 dis-（分開）加 putare（盤算、思量），字面就是『分開來算』；兩邊對著同一件事各算各的，自然算到對立面去。

etymonline.com/word/dispute

Three branches

名詞·爭端本身

把那份『各執一詞』凝結成一件事、一場糾紛——尤其是拖很久、發生在團體、公司或國家之間的那種。

disagreement, quarrel · noun · C2

A serious argument or disagreement, especially one that goes on for a long time between groups, companies, or countries.

爭端／糾紛

名詞·片語—還在不在爭議中

同一個『爭』字，換到固定片語裡，用來判定一件事到底還能不能被爭：還在爭、不能爭、還可以爭。

in dispute · noun · C2

Used in the phrase 'in dispute' to say that people are still arguing about something and have not yet agreed.

有爭議

動詞·親自去爭

名詞是那場爭，動詞就是你親自下場去爭——把心裡的『不同意』說出口，甚至一路延伸到搶奪。

challenge, contest · verb · C2

To say that you think something such as a fact, idea, or claim is not correct or true.

反駁／質疑

原始詞典資料8 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

disputenoun/dɪˈspjuːt/

  • 1

    An argument or disagreement; a failure to agree.

    • But is not this dispute over the question whether we have free will or not very like a dispute that we might engage in over the color of a tree — whether it be green or blue?
  • 2

    lawAn argument or disagreement; a failure to agree.

    • Canadian experience throws light on the relative merits of a separate board for each dispute as compared with a permanent board to hear all disputes.
    • A "who-does-what" labour dispute at Swindon works during April led to a stoppage of work on the construction of the new 0-6-0 Type 1 diesel-hydraulic locomotives of the D9500 series and work had not been resumed as we closed for press.
  • 3

    Verbal controversy or disagreement; altercation; debate.

    • Addicted more / To contemplation and profound dispute.

disputeverb/dɪˈspjuːt/

  • 1

    To contend in argument; to argue against something maintained, upheld, or claimed, by another.

    • "Now, though thy thoughts are green and tender, as becometh one so young, yet are they those of a thinking brain, and in truth thou dost bring back to my mind certain of those old philosophers with whom in days bygone I have disputed at Athens, and at Becca in Arabia, for thou hast the same crabbed air and dusty look, as though thou hadst passed thy days in reading ill-writ Greek, and been stained dark with the grime of manuscripts."
  • 2

    To make a subject of disputation; to argue pro and con; to discuss.

    • Some residents disputed the proposal, saying it was based more on emotion than fact.
  • 3

    To oppose by argument or assertion; to controvert; to express dissent or opposition to; to call into question; to deny the truth or validity of.

    • to dispute assertions or arguments
    • to seize goods under the disputed authority of writs of assistance
  • 4

    To strive or contend about; to contest.

    • to dispute the possession of the ground with the Spaniards
  • 5

    obsoleteTo struggle against; to resist.

    • Dispute it [grief] like a man.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。