wrangle

英 [ˈræŋɡl]

美 [ˈræŋɡl]

n.  (长时间的)争论，争吵
v.  (通常为长时间地)争吵，争辩

复数：wrangles　现在分词：wrangling　过去式：wrangled　过去分词：wrangled　第三人称单数：wrangles　

GRE

Collins.1 / BNC.19216 / COCA.20853

牛津词典

noun

• （长时间的）争论，争吵
  an argument that is complicated and continues over a long period of time
  1. a legal wrangle between the company and their suppliers
     这家公司与各供货商之间长期的法律纠纷

verb

• （通常为长时间地）争吵，争辩
  to argue angrily and usually for a long time about sth
  1. They're still wrangling over the financial details.
     他们仍在为财务细节争吵。

柯林斯词典

• V-RECIP (长时间)吵架，争吵，争论
  If you say that someoneis wrangling withsomeoneovera question or issue, you mean that they have been arguing angrily for quite a long time about it.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
  3. Wrangleis also a noun.
     
  4. 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。
  5. 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。

英英释义

noun

• an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining)
  Synonym:hagglehagglingwrangling
• an angry dispute
  1. they had a quarrel
  2. they had words
  Synonym:quarrelrowwordsrun-industup

verb

• to quarrel noisily, angrily or disruptively
  1. The bar keeper threw them out, but they continued to wrangle on down the street
  Synonym:brawl
• herd and care for
  1. wrangle horses

双语例句

• To try and wrangle all these guys by yourself.
  想自己把这些家伙全搞定？
• Don't wrangle with others over trifles.
  别为一些琐事与别人争吵。
• They were involved in a long legal wrangle.
  他们陷入长期的法律纠纷中。
• He will give in to his opponent's claim rather than wrangle over a disputed point.
  他会向对手的要求让步，而不会因争议点而声争论。
• Men will wrangle for religion; write for it 'fight for it; die for it; anything but live for it.
  人们会为宗教而争辩、写作、斗争、甚至于死；总之除了为宗教而生存外，什么事情都干得出来。
• After a brief wrangle in the bankruptcy courts, Britain's Barclays has taken over Lehman's American operations.
  在破产法庭上简单争执之后，英国的巴克莱银行收购了雷曼美国的运营部门。
• He was reluctant to plunge into a bitter personal and partisan wrangle.
  他不愿卷入这种个人之间的和党派的激烈争论。
• The two of them began to wrangle the moment they got talking.
  他们两人一谈就顶牛儿。
• He was reluctant to plunge into the bitter partisan wrangle.
  他不愿卷入这种激烈的党争。
• The souls of emperors and cobblers are cast in the same mould* The same reason that makes us wrangle with a neighbour causes a war betwixt princes.
  皇帝和鞋匠的灵魂都是一个模子铸就，邻里纠纷的起因也和王子们相互征讨的缘由别无二致。