wrangling

英 [ˈræŋɡlɪŋ]

美 [ˈræŋɡlɪŋ]

v.  (通常为长时间地)争吵，争辩
wrangle的现在分词
n.  争吵

复数：wranglings　现在分词：wrangling　

BNC.19431 / COCA.17568

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:hagglehagglingwrangle

双语例句

• The call came as EADS moved to end years of wrangling over its dual-headed structure.
  这一呼吁出现之时，正值eads将结束数年来围绕其双重领导结构而展开的争吵。
• The old man's offspring are wrangling over the estate.
  这个老人的子女们正在为遗产争吵。
• The deal ends years of legal wrangling between the two.
  该协议结束了两者之间持续多年的法律纠纷。
• The final text of the summary took more than four days of wrangling.
  最终总结文本的出台历经了四天的争论。
• What does all this wrangling come to?
  这些争论最后会有什么结果？
• The deadlock and the wrangling over the debt-ceiling has been going on for months.
  有关提高债务上限的僵局和争执已经持续了数月。
• You always like wrangling with others.
  你总是喜欢和比人抬杠。
• Unless these problems are solved, there will be endless wrangling in the schools.
  学校里这些问题不解决，扯皮就扯得没完没了。
• You may have to ask yourself whether is deal is worth wrangling with an800-pound gorilla.
  你将会问自己跟一个800磅重的大猩猩吵架是否值得。
• The complex nature of DO coverage frequently leads to legal wrangling between insurers, executives and companies over payouts.
  DO保险的复杂性常常导致保险公司、高管和公司之间就支付金额发生法律纠纷。