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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• The government is wrangling with various groups demanding compensation.
  政府正在与要求赔偿的各方争论。
• A merger between EMI and Warner Music has been stymied by regulators before, and Citigroup may not have the patience for endless wrangling.
  EMI和华纳的音乐巨头结合之前收到了监管机构的阻挠，并且花旗集团对没完没了的争执也失去了耐心。
• 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。
• Ilse Aigner, German Minister for consumer protection and agriculture, this week insisted that federal and state authorities were "all working together in the current situation" and that there was "no wrangling" over which level was responsible for what.
  德国农业和消费者保护部部长伊尔莎艾格纳（ilseaigner）本周坚称，联邦和州级部门“在当前形势下正在通力合作”，在哪一级部门应该对哪些问题负责的问题上，“不存在任何争论”。
• Madonna backed out of the project after much wrangling
  多番争吵之后，麦当娜退出了这个项目。