argument是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 a disagreement, or the process of disagreeing -- 爭論；爭吵；爭辯；爭執

  • The children had an argument about/over what game to play. 那群孩子為了玩哪個遊戲吵了起來。

  • He got into an argument with Jeff in the pub last night. 昨晚他和傑夫在酒館裡起了爭執。

  • A decision was finally made after some heated argument. 經過激烈的爭辯，最終作出了一項決定。

• 1 a reason or reasons why you support or oppose an idea or suggestion, or the process of explaining these reasons -- 理由，論據，論點；論證，說理

  • Now that we've heard all the arguments for and against the proposal, let's vote on it. 既然支持和反對這項提議的所有理由我們都已經聽過了，現在投票表決吧。

  • [ + that ] Her husband was not convinced by her argument that they needed a bigger house. 她提出理由說他們需要一個比較大的房子，但是她的丈夫沒有被說服。

  • I don't think that's a very strong/convincing/powerful argument. 我認為這個論點不太站得住腳／令人信服／有說服力。

  • The central argument (= main point) of the book is that some of the plays were not written by Shakespeare. 這本書的中心論點是，有幾個劇本並非出自莎士比亞之手。