1、dispute

爭吵;吵鬧

They have won previous pay disputes with the government.

在先前和政府的工資糾紛中他們贏了。

Negotiators failed to resolve the bitter dispute between the European Community and the United States over cutting subsides to farmers.

談判者未能消弭歐共體和美國之間在削減農(nóng)民補貼一事上的爭端。

質(zhì)疑(事實、聲明或理論)；對…表示異議

He disputed the allegations.

他對指控表示懷疑。

Nobody disputed that Davey was clever.

沒有人懷疑戴維是聰明的。

有爭端;有分歧;有糾紛

The two countries are in dispute over the boundaries of their coastal waters.

兩國在近海水域分界線上尚存分歧。

It is currently in dispute with the government over price fixing.

目前在定價上和政府還有爭議。

2、demonstrate

證明;論證;表明;說明

The study also demonstrated a direct link between obesity and mortality.

該研究還表明了肥胖癥和死亡率之間存在直接的聯(lián)系。

You have to demonstrate that you are reliable.

你得證明自己是靠得住的。

顯示;表露

Have they, for example, demonstrated a commitment to democracy?

例如，他們是否已表現(xiàn)出會致力于民主？

The government's going to great lengths to demonstrate its military might.

該政府正不遺余力地展示其軍事力量。

示威;進行示威游行（或集會）

30,000 angry farmers demonstrated against possible cuts in subsidies.

3萬名憤怒的農(nóng)場主示威抗議可能對農(nóng)產(chǎn)品補貼進行的削減。

In the cities vast crowds have been demonstrating for change.

在城市里，大批的人群舉行示威游行，要求進行變革。