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

• 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。
• 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 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。
• Even now, after months of talks, negotiators are still wrangling over a raft of competing proposals.
  谈判已经进行好几个月了，可即便是现在，谈判者们还在为一堆提议争论不休。
• 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。
• 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。
• How can there be no wrangling in this world of ours?
  世界上哪有不扯皮的？
• The major reasons for the inundate modern international terrorism are: wrangling over nationalities, religions and territories;
  现代国际恐怖主义泛滥的主要原因是民族、宗教、领土纷争；
• It was a defiant statement after months of bitter wrangling.
  这是几个月激烈争吵后的挑衅性声明。
• After years of wrangling, the Taiwan government has legalised gaming on its offshore islands.
  在经历了数年的争论之后，台湾政府已将离岛的赌博合法化。