| 单词 | argue |
| 释义 | argue (once / 51 pages) 1v 2v When people argue, they disagree with each other, sometimes loudly. You don’t always have to yell when you argue, though, sometimes you’re just trying to prove a point. If your mom tells you to be home for dinner, don’t argue! When you think of the word argue, you might think of angry people screaming at one another, but that’s only one meaning of this verb. The other is "to present reasons and evidence about a stance or opinion." For example, if you give a speech in support of world peace, you might argue that nations accomplish more when they work together, giving examples to support this idea. When you present reasons why you believe in something, you argue for it. WORD FAMILYargue: arguable, argued, arguer, argues, arguing, argument, argumentation, argumentative, re-argue+/arguable: arguably, inarguable, unarguable/arguer: arguers/arguing: arguings/argument: arguments, counterargument/argumentation: argumentations/argumentative: argumentatively, unargumentative/counterargument: counterarguments/inarguable: inarguably/unarguable: unarguably USAGE EXAMPLES“I was on a Super Bowl team, and we argued every day — even after we won games 45-0,” Bowles said. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) Sen. Lindsey Graham, arguing the Republican was not conservative enough. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) His attorney argued there was insufficient evidence to convict Kelly on several charges, including theft and engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 v have an argument about something 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper contend, debate, fence stickle dispute or argue stubbornly (especially minor points) sparfight verbally bicker, brabble, niggle, pettifog, quibble, squabbleargue over petty things altercate, argufy, dispute, quarrel, scraphave a disagreement over something opposebe against; express opposition to brawl, wrangleto quarrel noisily, angrily or disruptively spatengage in a brief and petty quarrel polemicise, polemicize, polemise, polemizeengage in a controversy fall outhave a breach in relations contend, contest, repugnto make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation converse, discourse carry on a conversation 1v present reasons and arguments Syn|Hypo|Hyper reason re-argue argue again expostulatereason with (somebody) for the purpose of dissuasion defend, fend for, supportargue or speak in defense of apologise, apologize, excuse, justify, rationalise, rationalizedefend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning stand up, stick updefend against attack or criticism upholdstand up for; stick up for; of causes, principles, or ideals lay out, present, represent bring forward and present to the mind 2v give evidence of The evidence argues for your claim Syn|Hyper indicate lay out, present, represent bring forward and present to the mind |
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