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

• 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。
• In Canada, during a nationwide wrangle combining anger and silliness, the country adopted a new national flag.
  在加拿大，新国旗的式样，在一场交织着愤懑和愚蠢的全国性辩论中通过。
• The incident, which led to a minor diplomatic dispute between the two countries, marks a violent turn in a contractual wrangle between the Romanian group and a subcontractor.
  袭击事件导致了两国外交纠纷，也标志着这家罗马尼亚集团与一家分包商之间的合同纠纷出现了暴力倾向。
• 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。
• It is a matter for scholars to wrangle over.
  这是要学者们去争论的事。
• To try and wrangle all these guys by yourself.
  想自己把这些家伙全搞定？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。