dispute

记忆“dispute”的方法是将其分解为“dis”和“pute”。想象“dis”代表“不”，而“pute”可以联想到“put”，即放置。将这些元素组合起来，可以想象为“不放置”，这暗示着争执或异议，因为人们会因为不同意而争论不“放置”意见或立场。

dispute 争论

dis-, 分开，散开。-put, 思考，词源同compute, putative. 即不同的思考，引申词义争论。

dispute

dispute: [13] Dispute comes via Old French disputer from Latin disputāre, a compound verb formed from the prefix dis- ‘separately’ and putāre ‘consider, reckon, think’ (source of a wide range of English words, from computer to reputation). It was originally a commercial term, denoting the calculation of a sum by considering each of its items separately, but its meaning eventually broadened out to ‘estimate, examine, weigh up’ – either mentally or (the sense which prevailed) by discussion with others.

The neutral sense ‘discuss’ held centre stage in classical Latin, but later (in the Vulgate, for instance) a note of acrimony appeared, signalling the beginnings of dispute’s current sense ‘argue’.
=> computer, count, putative, reputation

dispute (v.)

c. 1300, from Old French desputer (12c.) "dispute, fight over, contend for, discuss," from Latin disputare "weigh, examine, discuss, argue, explain," from dis- "separately" (see dis-) + putare "to count, consider," originally "to prune" (see pave).

Used in Vulgate in sense of "to argue, contend with words." Related: Disputable; disputed; disputing. The noun is not certainly recorded before 1590s (disputacioun in that sense is from late 14c.).

1. The council recently drew fire for its intervention in the dispute.

委员会最近因为介入该起争端而遭到批评。

2. There are few goodies and baddies in this industrial dispute.

在这次劳资纠纷中几乎没有绝对的好人与坏人。

3. They agreed to try to settle their dispute by negotiation.

他们同意通过谈判来努力解决纠纷。

4. The dispute culminated last week in a lawsuit against the government.

上周这一纠纷达到高潮，政府被告上了法庭。

5. The company is currently in dispute with the government over price fixing.

该公司目前与政府在是否存在价格操控问题上存在分歧。

【argue, reason, discuss, dispute, debate, quarrel】
这组词都有“辩论，争论，说理”的意思，其区别是：
argue: 指提出理由或证据为自己或自己一方的看法或立场辩护，着重说理、论证和企图说服。
reason: 指据理力争以说服对方或求得对问题作更深入的研究。
discuss: 最常用词，指就某一或某些问题表明观点、看法等，以便统一认识，解决问题。
dispute: 侧重对分歧进行激烈或热烈的争论或争辩，带一定感情色彩，常隐含“各持已见”或“争论不休”意味。
debate: 侧重指意见等对立的双方之间正式或公开的争辩。
quarrel: 指两人之间或两个团体之间不友好的、吵吵嚷嚷地大声争论某事，尤指“吵嘴、吵架”。

【argument, controversy, dispute, debate, conflict, strife, quarrel】
这组词都有“争执、不和”的意思，其区别是：
argument: 指辩论双方均以事实或理由来说服对方的辨论。
controversy: 侧重指深刻的意见分歧，多指对引起广泛兴趣或非常重要的问题的辨论。
dispute: 普通用词，侧重指长时间，言词激烈，针锋相对的争辩。
debate: 通常指经过仔细组织和计划的个人或团体之间的辩论。
conflict: 指双方坚持已见、互不妥协，怀有敌意的争论，多暗示分歧极为严重，有时用语言无法解决，只得诉诸武力。
strife: 指因不可缓和的矛盾而引起的争吵或斗殴。
quarrel: 普通用词，既可指言词激烈的争吵，也可指温和的言词上的不和。