contretemps [ˈkɑntrəˌtɑŋ, ˌkɔŋtrəˈtɑŋ]

例句:

• But thanks to Mr Blunkett, people may now be paying more attention to the fall-out of the weekend's contretemps instead.
  来自BBC
• He was briefly arrested in Rome after a contretemps with Italian police.
  他曾因和意大利警方发生争执而在罗马被短暂拘留。
  
• He tried to smooth over his contretemps with the policeman.
  他试图消除他与警察之间的冲突和误会.
  
• The son...took every little contretemps as if it were a tragedy.
  来自E. M. Forster
• Democrats say they don't see the contretemps as a sign the party will become monolithic on abortion.
  来自WSJ