squabbles

英 [ˈskwɒblz]

美 [ˈskwɑːblz]

v.  (为琐事)争吵，发生口角
n.  争吵，口角
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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

• It would compound the control issues and there could be squabbles over carving up Cadbury's chocolate and chewing gum businesses.
  这其中将包括控制权问题，还可能会就如何瓜分吉百利的巧克力和口香糖业务发生争执。
• Higher share prices on the heels of stronger earnings will make political squabbles seem like a distant memory.
  只有基于更理想收入的高股价，才会让这些政治纷争变成遥远的回忆。
• Will the Mediterranean union seize the moment, or will it be strangled by southern politics and European squabbles?
  地中海国家能否抓住这个时机，或是否会被南地中海政治分歧和欧洲的争吵所扼杀？
• Falling budget revenues as a result of the crisis have already sparked discord among factions and may yet embroil the president and prime minister in squabbles over the shrinking economic pie.
  危机而导致的预算收入下降已引发了各派之间的不合，可能还使总统和总理就日益缩小的经济蛋糕卷入争吵。
• It makes your petty earthly squabbles seem so insignificant, as there is far more to life than you realise.
  它使你的小属地争吵似乎微不足道，因为有更多的远远比你的生命实现。
• Children's squabbles annoy their parents.
  孩子们的斗嘴惹恼他们的父母。
• I'm not interested in their petty squabbles.
  我对他们的小争执不感兴趣。
• 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。
• Honestly now, do you love the marketing industry, but are tired of office politics and petty squabbles?
  老实说，爱你的营销业，而是感到厌倦办公室政治和小磕碰？
• And there are squabbles over new shortcuts for shipping around the Siberian coast and the Northwest Passage.
  对于船只绕过西伯利亚海岸的新捷径以及西北通道都存在着争议。