- 1爭論；論辯（書面；舊時也指學術辯難）
A disputation is an argument — a discussion where people cannot agree, and they keep pushing their sides. In older and more formal English, it also named a set-piece debate, the kind students once held in universities: one person put a claim, another tried to tear it down, with rules.
A disputation一場disputation is an argument就是一場爭論——a discussion where people cannot agree一場大家意見不合的討論，and they keep pushing their sides而且各自堅持自己的立場。In older and more formal English在比較舊、比較正式的英文裡，it also named a set-piece debate它也指一種正式安排好的辯論，the kind students once held in universities學生以前在大學裡會辦的那種：one person put a claim一個人提出一個主張，another tried to tear it down另一個人設法把它駁倒，with rules而且有一套規則
Today the word feels . News and everyday talk usually say argument, debate, or dispute instead.
Today現在，the word feels bookish這個字讓人覺得很書面。News and everyday talk新聞和日常對話 usually say argument, debate, or dispute instead通常會改說argument、debate，或dispute
Though actually, when someone chooses disputation, they often want that older, slightly academic flavour — not a kitchen quarrel, but a clash of reasons. It can sound cool or it can sound stuffy, depending on who is speaking.
Though actually, when someone chooses disputation不過其實當有人選用disputation這個字，they often want that older, slightly academic flavour他們通常是想要那種比較老、帶點學術味的語感——not a kitchen quarrel不是廚房裡的小吵架，but a clash of reasons而是理由與理由之間的交鋒。It can sound cool or it can sound stuffy它聽起來可以很酷，也可以很老氣，depending on who is speaking要看是誰在說
core核心畫面
組成dispute + -ation (the act of), from Old French disputation, from Latin disputatio.
同家族的字
- disputethe shorter, more everyday word for the same clash
- disputabledescribes a point that can still be argued
- disputatiousdescribes a person who likes to argue
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，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。
disputationnoun/dɪsˌpjuːˈteɪʃən/
- 1
The act of disputing; a dispute or argument.
- And like the battles fought over baptism by sprinkling as opposed to total immersion, these modern-day disputations can be tedious.
- 2
A rhetorical exercise in which parties reason in opposition to each other over a belief or proposition.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。