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

• Intense wrangling by factions within the governing coalition have blocked a consensus.
  伊拉克政府联盟中的不同派系无法就这两个内阁职位形成一致意见。
• Yet the wrangling over Darfur should not divert attention from southern Sudan.
  然而，达尔富尔的争端不应当转移国际社会对苏丹南部的关注。
• It spells the end of8 years of wrangling and setbacks, in the course of the institutional construction of the bloc.
  它结束了欧盟体制建设过程中长达8年的喋喋不休的争论和不断的挫折。
• 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。
• The two sides have been involved in ongoing political wrangling.
  双方已被卷入了无休止的政治争论中。
• 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 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。
• In that family they are always wrangling about something.
  在那个家庭中，他们总是为某事而争吵不休。
• She's always wrangling with the bank manager over money.
  她总是跟银行经理因为钱的事争吵。
• 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。