dispute

英[dɪ'spjuːt;'dɪspjuːt] 美['dɪs'pjʊt]

反义词agree

复数: disputes;第三人称单数: disputes;过去式: disputed;过去分词: disputed;现在分词: disputing;

dispute 争论

dis-, 分开，散开。-put, 思考，词源同compute, putative. 即不同的思考，引申词义争论。

dispute: dispute: [13] Dispute comes via Old French disputer from Latin disputāre, a compound verb formed from the prefix dis- ‘separately’ and putāre ‘consider, reckon, think’ (source of a wide range of English words, from computer to reputation). It was originally a commercial term, denoting the calculation of a sum by considering each of its items separately, but its meaning eventually broadened out to ‘estimate, examine, weigh up’ – either mentally or (the sense which prevailed) by discussion with others.

The neutral sense ‘discuss’ held centre stage in classical Latin, but later (in the Vulgate, for instance) a note of acrimony appeared, signalling the beginnings of dispute’s current sense ‘argue’.
=> computer, count, putative, reputation
dispute (v.): c. 1300, from Old French desputer (12c.) "dispute, fight over, contend for, discuss," from Latin disputare "weigh, examine, discuss, argue, explain," from dis- "separately" (see dis-) + putare "to count, consider," originally "to prune" (see pave).

Used in Vulgate in sense of "to argue, contend with words." Related: Disputable; disputed; disputing. The noun is not certainly recorded before 1590s (disputacioun in that sense is from late 14c.).

1. The council recently drew fire for its intervention in the dispute.: 委员会最近因为介入该起争端而遭到批评。

2. There are few goodies and baddies in this industrial dispute.: 在这次劳资纠纷中几乎没有绝对的好人与坏人。

3. They agreed to try to settle their dispute by negotiation.: 他们同意通过谈判来努力解决纠纷。

4. The dispute culminated last week in a lawsuit against the government.: 上周这一纠纷达到高潮，政府被告上了法庭。

5. The company is currently in dispute with the government over price fixing.: 该公司目前与政府在是否存在价格操控问题上存在分歧。