定义
to argue (over, about something): (为某事)争论,辩论
Even though your point of view is well-argued, I'm still not convinced. 即使你的观点论据充分,我仍然不会相信。
Philip and Kevin argued over who would pay for dinner for over an hour. Philip和Kevin为由谁来支付晚餐费而争吵一个小时了。
Pronunciation examples
UK: I don't want to argue with you.
US: He argued his point very enthusiastically.
- "Never argue with the customer."
- "Who am I to argue?"
- "He argues that "almost everyone performs their best when under stress"."
- "Brian and Donna argue"
- "They never argue with the referee."
- "The events took place late last night at a trendy bar in San Francisco's North Beach neighborhood, where witnesses reported seeing an altercation between two men arguing over the television program being shown."
- "These terrorists – and I do not think this word is too strong – take issue with the fishing of bluefin tuna, arguing that the bluefin community is suffering terribly from over-fishing."
- "Smithson argues that stress starts to pose serious threats such as permanent damage to brain cells (which has linked high stress levels to alzheimer's disease and strokes) and high blood pressure (the link between stress and heart attacks) only when the stress is allowed to build up over a long period of time."
- "You rightly banned Icarus Quincy from the building for arguing that IcarusBot's calculations were less accurate than a human."