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.
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。
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原始詞典資料8 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。
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.
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。