contretemps

noun

1. 不幸事情；令人难堪的龃龉
   an unfortunate event or embarrassing disagreement with another person

1. N-COUNT 令人尴尬的小争吵;口角
   A contretemps is a small disagreement that is rather embarrassing.
   1. 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。

1. 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。
2. 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。
3. He tried to smooth over his contretemps with the policeman.
   他试图通过警察来解决他的意外事故。
4. We had a slight contretemps at the bar because some bloke tried to push in front and Richard got angry.
   在酒吧我们和人发生了争吵，一个家伙想挤到前面去，理查德发了火。
5. The application results show that the system is simple and applied, and offers exact information that came from coal mine in time, decreases contretemps forwardly.
   应用表明，该系统简单、实用，能及时为用户提供准确信息，能动地减少了事故发生。
6. For export performance of enterprise, evaluation only by the earn foreign exchange through exports is contretemps, which need to review by the angle of modern enterprise.
   对企业的出口绩效，以前那种单纯的以出口创汇为指标来评价的方法显然已经不合时宜，需要从现代企业市场主体的角度来重新加以审视。

noun

1. an awkward clash
   1. he tried to smooth over his contretemps with the policeman