wrangle

[英] [ˈræŋgəl] [美] [ˈræŋɡəl] 生词本

vi.

vt.

n.

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1. V-RECIP (长时间)吵架,争吵,争论 If you say that someone is wrangling with someone over a question or issue, you mean that they have been arguing angrily for quite a long time about it. 
  • The two sides have spent most of their time wrangling over procedural problems...

    双方大部分时间都在围绕程序问题争论不休。

  • A group of MPs is still wrangling with the government over the timing of elections.

    一群下院议员仍在与政府就选举的时间安排争吵个不停。

  • Wrangle is also a noun.
    • The party was torn apart by wrangles over fiscal policy...

      该党内部因为在财政政策上争执不休而出现了分裂。

    • He was involved in a legal wrangle with the Health Secretary.

      他卷入了与卫生大臣的法律纠纷之中。

wrangling
  • There was some wrangling between creditors about who was to blame.

    债主们就谁该承担责任争论了好一阵。

Noun

1. an angry dispute;

  • "they had a quarrel"
  • "they had words"

2. an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining)

Verb

1. to quarrel noisily, angrily or disruptively;

  • "The bar keeper threw them out, but they continued to wrangle on down the street"

2. herd and care for;

  • "wrangle horses"
1. Don't wrangle with others over trifles.
别为一些琐事与别人争吵。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

2. I don't want to get into a wrangle with the committee.
我不想同委员会发生争执。

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. The two countries fell out in a bitter wrangle over imports.
这两个国家在有关进口问题的激烈争吵中闹翻了。

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. The two of them began to wrangle the moment they got talking.
他们两人一谈就顶牛儿。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

5. The wrangle between the school and the local council has gone on for two years.
学校和当地市政会之间的纷争已经持续两年了。

来自《简明英汉词典》