contention

争い、対立

人々の間での激しい意見の食い違いや言い争い。

やさしい英語で： Strong disagreement or arguing between people.

• Money was a source of contention.
• The boundary remains a point of contention between the neighbors.
• There was bitter contention over who should lead the group.

使い方： contention over something (There was contention over the new rules.); contention between A and B (The policy caused contention between workers and managers.)

類義語： disagreement, dispute, conflict

反対語： agreement, harmony

よく使う表現： point of contention, source of contention, cause contention

対立、争い

目的や意見の違う人々の間で起こる、深刻な食い違いや争い。

やさしい英語で： A serious disagreement or struggle between people with different aims or opinions.

• The decision caused considerable contention.
• Money remains a bone of contention between them.
• Years of contention left the two communities divided.

使い方： contention over something (There was contention over who should lead the team.)

類義語： disagreement, dispute, conflict

反対語： agreement

よく使う表現： source of contention, bone of contention, contention over something

主張、論点

正しいとして、理由を示しながら人が述べる意見。

やさしい英語で： An opinion that someone argues is true.

• I disagree with your contention.
• His main contention is that the plan costs too much.
• The evidence supports their contention that the damage was deliberate.

使い方： contention that… (Her contention that the rules were unfair convinced us.)

類義語： claim, argument, position

よく使う表現： my contention, central contention, support a contention