contretemps 

  1. 名詞
(指不合時宜的或尷尬的)意外事故, 不幸事件/
小插曲
口角, 爭執
/此名詞為可數名詞但單、複數皆為"contretemps"形態/

    
                        
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                                The contretemps may have unnerved investors .                            
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                                Contretemps with William F. Buckley, National Review.                            
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                                Table Ronde, Collection Contretemps , 2004, 260 pages.                            
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                                Something was going to balance his previous contretemps .                            
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                                Koizumi has used these diplomatic contretemps to his own political advantage.                            
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