argument是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 a disagreement, or the process of disagreeing -- 争论；争吵；争辩；争执

  • The children had an argument about/over what game to play. 孩子们为了玩哪个游戏吵了起来。

  • He got into an argument with Jeff in the pub last night. 昨晚他和杰夫在酒馆里起了争执。

  • A decision was finally made after some heated argument. 经过激烈的争辩，最终作出了一项决定。

• 1 a reason or reasons why you support or oppose an idea or suggestion, or the process of explaining these reasons -- 理由，论据，论点；论证，说理

  • Now that we've heard all the arguments for and against the proposal, let's vote on it. 既然支持和反对这项提议的所有理由我们都已经听过了，现在投票表决吧。

  • [ + that ] Her husband was not convinced by her argument that they needed a bigger house. 她提出理由说他们需要一个大些的房子，但是她的丈夫没有被说服。

  • I don't think that's a very strong/convincing/powerful argument. 我认为这个论点不太站得住脚／令人信服／有说服力。

  • The central argument (= main point) of the book is that some of the plays were not written by Shakespeare. 这本书的中心论点是，有几个剧本并非出自莎士比亚之手。