contretemps
noun🔊/ˈkɒntrətɒ̃/
🔊/ˈkɑːntrətɑ̃ː/
(plural contretemps)
(from French, formal or humorous)an unpleasant event or an embarrassing occasion when people disagree 不幸事情；令人难堪的龃龉 They have been ignoring me since our last contretemps. 自从我们最后一次冲突以来，他们一直无视我。
Word Originlate 17th cent. (originally as a fencing term, denoting a thrust made at an inopportune moment): French, originally ‘motion out of time’, from contre- ‘against’ + temps ‘time’.