squabbling

英 [ˈskwɒblɪŋ]

美 [ˈskwɑːblɪŋ]

v.  (为琐事)争吵，发生口角
squabble的现在分词

现在分词：squabbling　复数：squabblings　

BNC.35032 / COCA.27806

柯林斯词典

• V-RECIP (为琐事)争吵，起争执
  When peoplesquabble, they quarrel about something that is not really important.
  1. Mother is devoted to Dad although they squabble all the time...
     母亲很爱父亲，尽管他们总是为琐事拌嘴。
  2. The children were squabbling over the remote-control gadget for the television...
     孩子们正在为抢夺电视机的遥控器而争吵。
  3. My four-year-old squabbles with his friends...
     我那个 4 岁大的孩子常和他的小伙伴们斗嘴。

双语例句

• Once upon a time there were a brother and sister squabbling over an apple, with each insisting on the larger slice.
  从前有一对兄妹为一只苹果争吵，两人都想吃大的一块。
• Stop squabbling, will you? people will laugh at us.
  别吵了，让人家看笑话。
• Squabbling like this won't get anywhere.
  这样瞎吵下去不会有什么结果。
• The meeting degenerated into petty squabbling.
  会议变成了无聊的扯皮。
• Russia is more than vodka, cold temperatures, pussy riot, anti-gay legislation, squabbling oligarchs, and the occasional jailing of a prominent opponent to its president.
  俄罗斯不光有伏特加、寒冷的气候、朋克乐队PussyRiot、反同性恋法、为点儿小事就喋喋不休的政治寡头以及偶尔会入狱的总统主要政治对手。
• This monument to vanity was built by a wealthy count but he died before the ambitious building could be finished, which shows the folly of squabbling with your architects.
  这座空虚的纪念碑由一位富有的公爵建造，但在这座雄心勃勃的建筑物竣工之前，他就死了，这座建筑物提示了与建筑师争论的荒唐事。
• We'll still be squabbling about it when we go to the polls.
  我们去投票站投票时仍将为这一点争吵不休。
• Squabbling by rival politicians in Athens threatens to escalate the European debt crisis, with grave consequences for Greece, the European Union and the world economy as a whole.
  雅典的政客们争论不休，有可能使欧洲债务危机升级，对希腊、欧盟（EU）乃至世界经济整体产生严重后果。
• Crucially, eurozone governments must stop squabbling.
  至关重要的是，欧元区各国政府必须停止争吵。
• Which is why, despite whatever bickering has kept us squabbling in the past.
  那就是为什么，无论过去我们如何不停地发生口角。