| 单词 | dispute |
| 释义 | dispute (dɪspjuːt ) Word forms: disputes , disputing , disputed 1. variable noun A dispute is an argument or disagreement between people or groups. They have won previous pay disputes with the government. [+ with/over] Negotiators failed to resolve the bitter dispute between the European Community and the United States over cutting subsides to farmers. 2. verb If you dispute a fact, statement, or theory, you say that it is incorrect or untrue. He disputed the allegations. [VERB noun] Nobody disputed that Davey was clever. [VERB that] Some economists disputed whether consumer spending is as strong as the figures suggest. [VERB wh] Synonyms: contest, question, challenge, deny 3. verb When people dispute something, they fight for control or ownership of it. You can also say that one group of people dispute something with another group. The two countries have been disputing the ownership of the fleet. [VERB noun] Fishermen from Bristol disputed fishing rights with other countries. [VERB noun + with] ...a disputed border region. [VERB-ed] 4. in dispute phrase If something is in dispute, people are questioning it or arguing about it. All those matters are in dispute and it is not for me to decide them. 5. in dispute phrase If two or more people or groups are in dispute, they are arguing or disagreeing about something. The two countries are in dispute over the boundaries of their coastal waters. It is currently in dispute with the government over price fixing. Collocations: dispute a charge If you dispute a charge after you've paid the bill, it could be too late to reverse it. Times, Sunday Times Trying to reclaim cash already paid isn't easy - it's far simpler to dispute the charge. The Sun Should this happen again with a credit card payment, if the supplier doesn't play ball, your next move should be to contact your credit card company and dispute the charge. Times, Sunday Times If people dispute a charge and want to plead 'not guilty', they would have to go to court, as now. Times, Sunday Times If you have booked direct or with a different provider, the next thing to do would be to dispute the charge with your credit card company. The Sun I'm not prepared to dispute the fact that, in time, he could move back. Times, Sunday Times We love them because they steal from people worse than themselves, though it's hard to dispute the fact that they are bad people who thieve for a living. Times, Sunday Times But in this case no one seems to dispute the facts and, beyond the medical world, no one seems particularly scared. Times, Sunday Times I'm not disputing the fact that some conversations with call centres are awful. Times, Sunday Times We do not dispute the facts, just the judge's interpretation of them. Times, Sunday Times Other studies dispute that figure. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He disputes that figure and has said that details of his salary were leaked to 'embarrass' him. Times, Sunday Times Some analysts have disputed that figure, citing potential copyright issues with some of the content posted on the site. Times, Sunday Times On some estimates, this will be worth about 9 billion over the next five years, although the industry strongly disputes the figure. Times, Sunday Times Bosses at trusts with consistently high death rates disputed the figures. The Sun One will dispute a finding of diminished responsibility. Times, Sunday Times People who dispute a finding will naturally wonder if the redacted material was what swung it. Times, Sunday Times Brokers disputed the findings and said their industry had been harmed. Times, Sunday Times Despite the sophistication of the tests, some experts dispute the findings. Times, Sunday Times And it last night disputed the findings of the campaign group. The Sun Few would dispute the notion that painful experience can build character, just as stressing muscles by lifting weights increases strength. Times, Sunday Times Both dispute the notion they're destined for power and influence. Globe and Mail He disputed the notion that single-party control was a bad thing. Times, Sunday Times She disputes any notion that a lifetime of pageants has harmed her. Times, Sunday Times In fact, she quickly disputes the notion that she's making such a heralded 'return'. Times, Sunday Times Would the general not dispute that report? Times, Sunday Times It disputed the report that the person had been left unattended overnight. Times, Sunday Times However, others disputed this report. Times, Sunday Times However, many scientists dispute the report's methodology and figures. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Other senior police officers also disputed the report's findings. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Passengers dispute his account of this confrontation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 His wife disputed his account, writing that his statement 'reflected my husband's opinions but not my own,'; but did not offer details. Christianity Today Others who participated disputed that account. Houston Chronicle But many other courts disagree, especially when a dispute involves the status of church membership. Christianity Today The dispute involves millions of people who invested in final salary pension schemes that were designed to substitute for part of the state pension, also known as contracting out. Times,Sunday Times The dispute involves 30,000 violations that occurred between 2003 and 2005. Houston Chronicle The dispute involves charges for special faults investigations and timerelated charges. Times, Sunday Times The dispute involves consumers, biotechnology companies, governmental regulators, non-governmental organizations, and scientists. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 What about contract law - or the absence of a recognised dispute resolution court? Times, Sunday Times (2017) Trading and commercial concerns use international arbitration because they prefer this method of dispute resolution to going to national courts. Times, Sunday Times (2016) A dispute resolution clause in a partnership agreement could not be relied upon to enforce a stay in employment tribunal proceedings. Times, Sunday Times (2011) The parties have expressly agreed to use arbitration as their method of dispute resolution. Times, Sunday Times (2016) There are a lot of competing jurisdictions offering dispute resolution and a lot of people choose English law and this jurisdiction. Times, Sunday Times (2010) The election dispute started last year with a 525-525 tie. Houston Chronicle First, to exclude the courts entirely from election disputes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Most election disputes revolved around proxy votes, including the issues of who could represent them to vote and what kinds of evidence were acceptable for proxy voting. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They suggest a narrative much darker and more worrying than an employment dispute. Times,Sunday Times The fall has often been triggered by a moment of crisis; eviction perhaps, or the break-up of family, or some employment dispute. Times, Sunday Times After 1995, the country established a legal right to take an employment dispute to conciliation/mediation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Add to this the possbility of employment disputes and social discontent and 2011 could be a troubled year for human resources professionals. Times, Sunday Times Employment disputes could arise, with players claiming they are free to move and clubs claiming the variation of the season should allow them to extend contracts for a limited period. Times,Sunday Times This month, officials accepted a €31.8 million settlement to end the dispute. Times, Sunday Times He believes that he can end the dispute if he demonstrates that he can play the kind of territorial game more usually associated with his rival. Times, Sunday Times Its barrister offered you an amount of money to end the dispute, which you refused. Times, Sunday Times Just by getting involved, you can end a dispute. The Sun Planned strikes at universities that threatened to cause chaos during finalyear exams could be called off after a new offer to end the dispute. Times, Sunday Times However, experts dispute this and say life policies are often written into a type of interest-in-possession trust. Times, Sunday Times Despite the sophistication of the tests, some experts dispute the findings. Times, Sunday Times Political opponents and constitutional experts dispute it. Times, Sunday Times But experts dispute the claims of companies that perform nutritional testing. canada.com Experts dispute his crime statistics - but appealing to an overlooked 'silent majority' has worked before. Times, Sunday Times But what was important was the particular nature and scope of the factual dispute. Times, Sunday Times In all those cases, there had been no factual dispute over the content of the speech. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A judge should always consider the underlying policies to determine whether a rule should be applied to a specific factual dispute. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 There might be cases which embraced factual disputes justifying striking out on the basis of no reasonable prospect of success. Times, Sunday Times Thus, the court would not extend the phrase to factual disputes alleging a breach of contract, and permitted these to be appealed. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The deal comes after months of a fierce dispute between the two sides about expansion abroad. Times, Sunday Times The legitimacy of their use remains a matter of fierce dispute. Times, Sunday Times The structure and theology of the church was a matter of fierce dispute for generations. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 His novels were translated into 45 languages and sold across the world, but he was embroiled in fierce disputes with his critics, personal and political. Times, Sunday Times Cloud-seeding has exacerbated fierce disputes over water. Times, Sunday Times Act 1996 provides a framework for handling disputes about building work on neighbouring properties. Times, Sunday Times It might give the new person in charge a reality check, particularly when handling disputes such as the public sector pensions struggle. The Sun Mainstays of their work include employment contracts ('it's amazing how many businesses never put them in place'), advice on maternity and paternity leave, and handling disputes. Times, Sunday Times Law students, under the supervision of faculty attorneys, represent customers in handling their disputes with broker-dealers. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Outside directors are often useful in handling disputes between inside directors, or between shareholders and the board. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 We become absorbed with our abstract arguments, our ideological disputes, our contests for power. Christianity Today Local rivalries and ideological disputes had produced political chaos and disrupted the economy. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The school's administrators could not come to a consensus over the definition of these goals, and internal ideological disputes divided the school into factions, ultimately leading to its demise. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Ideological disputes were also widespread. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Yard human resources bosses will hold 'internal dispute resolution' meetings with both officers. The Sun Lethargic, hopeless and riven with internal dispute. The Sun Reportedly, this had been the subject of an internal dispute within the government. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Internal disputes led to the company being split in 1979 in a difficult industrial climate. Times, Sunday Times She said voters 'will neither understand nor forgive' a party more concerned with internal disputes than problems facing the country. The Sun A columnist advocating that we duck an international dispute realises how unimpressive the argument sounds. Times, Sunday Times Persistence: international dispute resolution can take many years. Times, Sunday Times He practiced in the areas of international trade and business law and international dispute resolution. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 During his term, an international dispute over seal fisheries reached a zenith. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A body that would settle any future international disputes by talking rather than fighting. The Sun The season finally gets underway tomorrow after a two-month delay for a labour dispute. The Sun Knight said it's not uncommon for two sides in a labour dispute to initiate legal action while still fully intending to return to bargaining. Globe and Mail The league's regular referees earn up to $150,000 (92,000) a year and the labour dispute hinges on how their pensions will be structured. Times, Sunday Times The labour dispute has frequently been acrimonious. canada.com In practice, the subsidy gave the mine owners and the government time to prepare for a major labour dispute. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He spent four years petitioning government officials for help with a land dispute. Times, Sunday Times Within a week he had solved his first case - a common land dispute between two neighbours. Times, Sunday Times He had to sort out a land dispute and collect the grape harvest. Times, Sunday Times We are first mentioned in legal documents in 1420, about a land dispute. Times,Sunday Times The chief's stay-at-home son also runs his own local soccer team, so the land dispute will eventually be settled by a soccer match. ST The latter has also been the subject of a legal dispute. Times, Sunday Times (2013) That's not to mention clauses whose parentage and application is a matter of legal dispute. Times, Sunday Times (2016) A long legal dispute over the issue has left the largest Native American tribe without a leader. Times, Sunday Times (2015) Tube drivers are set to strike again as the long-running dispute over plans for an all-night service continues. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Further claims in the long-running dispute could add up to 5bn. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Unite made the claim in a national press advert to defend its long-running dispute with the airline. Times, Sunday Times (2011) They are part of a long-running dispute about new trains that are about to be introduced. Times, Sunday Times (2015) Royal Mail and the union have been attacked for not resolving the long-running dispute. Times, Sunday Times (2007) Space has long been a crimefree zone, but that may be about to change after a bitter marital dispute spilled over into an extraterrestrial case of alleged identity theft. Times, Sunday Times Then, because of a marital dispute, she picked herself up and marched north to her present position. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In 1786 however he and his wife were publicly involved in a marital dispute which led to a permanent breach. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Marital disputes are treated with the same utility and detachment as narrative developments; we are only shown a landscape or a building to establish the location of a scene. The Times Literary Supplement Although money troubles were an important source of marital disputes, economic uncertainty made it more daunting to separate because job and housing concerns came to the fore. Times, Sunday Times How high we can hold them remains a matter of dispute; for me he has never quite stood alongside the best of his time. Times, Sunday Times What sort of movie they had been watching was a matter of dispute - many experienced horror, some saw catastrophe and other epic themes. Times, Sunday Times The invention has been a matter of dispute. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 According to some sources, he was in some way connected to the university, but this seems a matter of dispute. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Precise numbers are still a matter of dispute mainly due to propaganda or political sensitivities. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He met with a lawyer sent to mediate the dispute between himself and the board. ST The creature takes it upon himself to mediate the dispute, and takes each aside in turn. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The sheriff arrived and apparently attempted to mediate the dispute. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Panelists arbitrate and mediate the disputes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But when positions become entrenched, an apparently minor dispute can become an expensive cause célèbre. Times, Sunday Times It started from some minor dispute. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Solicitors are bound to offer the best level of client care to divorcing couples; minor disputes should be offered to mediation at the earliest stage. Times, Sunday Times Sometimes a split-the-difference approach sensibly solves minor disputes. Christianity Today Lesser offenses were heard in county courts or by commissioners appointed for hearing minor disputes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 For complicated deals — perhaps involving a boundary or neighbour dispute, or a lease extension as well as a purchase — use a solicitor, who will have wider legal knowledge. Times, Sunday Times If it grows too high, however, you could get into another neighbour dispute. Times, Sunday Times He was only nicked in 2016 following a neighbour dispute. The Sun Neighbour disputes have been caused by the fast-growing leylandii, our most widely hated hedge plant. The Sun The next hour was taken up with neighbour disputes and problems of anti-social behaviour. The Sun However, the exact proportions are the subject of ongoing dispute. Times, Sunday Times The ongoing dispute received coverage by both local media and comics industry media. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The 2007 settlement resolved an ongoing dispute that began in 2003. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 There was ongoing dispute between the surgeons and barber surgeons until an agreement was signed between them in 1493, giving the fellowship of surgeons the power of incorporation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 There have been ongoing disputes between the government and the rebuilding of the church. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The resort was burned down over a land ownership dispute in 1988. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Any valuables found could be subject to lengthy and complex ownership disputes. Times, Sunday Times Frequent ownership disputes are another barrier. Times, Sunday Times The provenance of paintings can help resolve ownership disputes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The main reason for the lack of garbage collecting services was unresolved land ownership disputes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Sources close to both parties dispute the details of what happened next. Times, Sunday Times None of the parties disputes the need for fiscal retrenchment. Times, Sunday Times However, she contained the party disputes over these matters within some fairly bland statements. Times, Sunday Times At times pastors must referee parties disputing issues of significance for the entire congregation. Christianity Today In my opinion, however, a plural verb would have been better ('none of the parties dispute the need ...'), as we were considering the political parties collectively. Times, Sunday Times The company has also contributed 42 million to the settlement of a longrunning patent dispute. Times, Sunday Times He reminded investors of the unresolved patent dispute that has been hanging over the company for some time. Globe and Mail The settlement effectively ended the patent dispute and five other pending lawsuits between the two companies. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 All 46 ongoing patent disputes were brought to an end by yesterday's deal. The Sun Often licensing provides the grounds for a settlement between companies involved in patent disputes. Times, Sunday Times Did he use his position of authority on a member of the public because they were involved in a petty dispute over a path? The Sun If they are not rigorously enforced they are a never-ending source of petty dispute and senseless distraction from the business of learning. Times, Sunday Times And my petty dispute actually serves to make some important points about internet retailing. Times, Sunday Times Sometimes petty disputes are just that. Times, Sunday Times These reasons may sound inconsequential, but they came after many years of petty disputes and disappointments and the iron and the taxi were the last straw. Times, Sunday Times Two years ago he found out that they had vanished, apparently 'requisitioned' during an internal tribal political dispute. Times, Sunday Times It would be a 'constitutional impropriety' for the court to insert itself into a political dispute. Times, Sunday Times Pitchforks are already being sharpened in the countryside for what could be the most bitter and damaging political dispute since fox-hunting. Times, Sunday Times Is nowhere safe from political dispute? Times, Sunday Times She was furious at the claim she had taken sides in a political dispute. The Sun There were claims that the family was at loggerheads over a property dispute but this was disputed by police. Times, Sunday Times Other options: ask a property dispute lawyer; check the terms of your insurance policies to see if they cover legal expenses. Times,Sunday Times Whatever the outcome of the property dispute, you have to get yourself into a frame of mind where you can cope. Times, Sunday Times The building stood vacant for just over a decade, with its fate tied up in a property dispute. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But where the tracks were seen as marking boundaries, the course could no longer change without causing a property dispute. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 There has been a protracted dispute over the appointment of a referee and both camps have let loose fusillades of macho theorising on the outcome. Times, Sunday Times After a protracted dispute, he was dese-lected. Times, Sunday Times The stakes in the protracted dispute are high. canada.com Presbytery and synod were involved in a protracted dispute which touched upon the nature of ecclesiastical jurisdiction. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 With strong disagreement over this decision by other council and community members, a protracted dispute ensued which eventually involved both the provincial and federal authorities. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The service will allow an extra month to attempt to resolve the dispute before people hit the deadline for making their claim. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Union officials will meet the firm today to try to resolve the dispute. The Sun (2015) Talks to resolve the dispute were unsuccessful yesterday. Times, Sunday Times (2016) I would put the offer that you have made to your son again and attempt to resolve the dispute using the family mediation service. The Sun (2016) Now senior church figures are convening a rare ecclesiastical court to resolve the dispute. Times, Sunday Times (2007) Both sides will hold talks with the conciliation service Acas today in a bid to settle the dispute. The Sun (2008) The new deal is an an attempt to settle the dispute. Times, Sunday Times (2011) It will never be used to promote provocations; it will always be used to promote the peaceful settlement of disputes. Times, Sunday Times The indunas handled administrative matters for their chiefs ranging from settlement of disputes, to the collection of taxes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It may have also meant settlement of disputes over land by local authorities. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The objectives included education, settlement of disputes with management, and securing good pay and working conditions. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 These institutions manage tribal reconciliation and settlement of disputes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It may take two to tango, but it will take three to solve the dispute. Times, Sunday Times You need to be at your most diplomatic to solve a dispute between two friends. The Sun Despite claims would be called on solve the dispute, football's governing body insisted argument was nothing to do with them. The Sun It will take more than a few cosmopolitans to solve this dispute. The Sun Attempts were made to solve the dispute by diplomacy. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Even so, an internal succession dispute in the court could not be avoided. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In 1899, the empire was split in two by a succession dispute, ending the empire as a unified state. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In 1464, a succession dispute erupted over the shogunate itself. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He was also involved in the succession dispute. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 References can be obscure, even to the performer, and when the metaphors refer to movements between settlements, or succession disputes, the history can be lost in the poetry. The Times Literary Supplement The territorial dispute, which led to the battle, dates back 50 years but it developed into a political and military crisis only this summer. Times, Sunday Times Every territorial dispute far away gives rise to two counsels of despair. Times, Sunday Times The territorial dispute has prevented the two countries from signing a peace treaty to mark the end of the war. Times, Sunday Times The decision to declare war had been made six months earlier so the territorial dispute appears to be only a pretext. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 When a territorial dispute occurs, they vocalize, swat, and can sometimes sit on or even ride the back of their opponents. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It was now closing the unresolved dispute, 120 days later, and had taken the money back. Times, Sunday Times The components of musical expression continue to be the subject of extensive and unresolved dispute. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, occasional unresolved disputes erupted into wars. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The probation officer must be prepared to report unresolved disputes to the court in a detached, dispassionate manner focusing on the factual or legal disagreement among the parties. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But, though the job goes well, violent disputes break out. The Sun Nor were violent disputes unique to the mainland. The Times Literary Supplement The result could be an upsurge in fly-tipping, the dangerous burning of waste on bonfires and potentially violent disputes with local officials. Times, Sunday Times However, the union of the two powers was the cause of violent disputes in the following centuries. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The abbots and monks were involved in many violent disputes with outsiders from the 13th century onwards. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It was a clear message to players that they must end their current wage dispute. The Sun He called for the speedy resolution of the wage dispute. Mail and Guardian The crime was reportedly committed over a wage dispute. Mail and Guardian Beck retired from the film industry as a result of a wage dispute in 1939. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The first team would not be able resolve their wage dispute with the club and the team ultimately went on a losing streak that saw them relegated. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 争议, 争论 Japanese: 論争, 反論する |
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