contretemps

contretemps

美 [ˈkɑntrəˌtɑ̃] 　英 [ˈkɒntrəˌtɒ̃]

• n.不幸事情；令人难堪的龃龉
• 网络意外事故；假进攻接防守；不幸意外事故

英汉双解

英汉解释

n.	1. 令人窘困的(意外)事故;意料不到的困难[阻碍] 2. 【乐】节调,约调,切分法

英英解释

n.	1. an argument that is not very serious

例句

There was a slight contretemps when his wife and his ex-wife arrived together.

当他的妻子和他的前妻同时到来时，他有点发窘。

China likewise seems to have learned from the contretemps.

同样中国也从意外事故中取得了经验教训。

Her male cousins had hardly prepared her for a contretemps with a man she desired.

就她想要的男人，她的男表亲不希望她有挫折。

It was during this illness that the first real contretemps occurred.

就在这场病里，第一次真正不幸的事故发生了。

That contretemps is just one example of the conflicting signals on the UK economy.

这场不合时宜的争论仅仅是关于英国经济种种相互冲突的信号中的一个例子。

This contretemps meant that a novel that existed in Russia only in samizdat was now in demand worldwide;

这一不幸事件意味着只能在俄国地下出版物市场存在的一部小说却在全世界范围内受到了欢迎；