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.).
雙語例句
1. The council recently drew fire for its intervention in the dispute.
委員會最近因為介入該起爭端而遭到批評。
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2. There are few goodies and baddies in this industrial dispute.
在這次勞資糾紛中幾乎沒有絕對的好人與壞人。
來自柯林斯例句
3. They agreed to try to settle their dispute by negotiation.
他們同意通過談判來努力解決糾紛。
來自柯林斯例句
4. The dispute culminated last week in a lawsuit against the government.
上周這一糾紛達到高潮，政府被告上了法庭。
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5. The company is currently in dispute with the government over price fixing.