argue/argument

argue /ˈɑ:ɡju:/ vi.& vt. 1.争论，争辩；辩论：argue against free trade 辩驳自由贸易；argue (in favour of) the right 为正义辩护；argue with him about it 跟他辩论这件事 Columbus argued that he could reach India by going west. 哥伦布认为向西去就能到达印度。2.说服，劝说: argue him into(out of) going 说服他（不）去 3.表明，证明(书面语)：His accent argue him to be a foreigner. 他的口音说明他是个外国人。The way he spends money argues him to be rich/that he is rich. 他花钱的方式表明他有钱。

［辨析］argue指以推理的方式陈述观点，可指在交换意见时达到争吵的程度。dispute指从宗派角度出发，用超出逻辑的情绪来进行argue。

argument /ˈɑ:ɡju:mənt/  n. 1.［c］ & ［u］ 辩论，争论: They got into quite a heated argument. 他们激烈地争论起来。We should try to settle this affair by argument and not by fighting. 我们应通过说理的办法而不是打架来解决这件事。2.［c］论点，论据: advance an argument 提出一个论点; grasp one’s argument 抓住/领会某人的论点；a very persuasive argument 一个很有说服力的论点 There are many arguments against smoking/that one should not smoke. 有许多论据说明不能吸烟。