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

• 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。
• The complex nature of DO coverage frequently leads to legal wrangling between insurers, executives and companies over payouts.
  DO保险的复杂性常常导致保险公司、高管和公司之间就支付金额发生法律纠纷。
• 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。
• 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。
• You always like wrangling with others.
  你总是喜欢和比人抬杠。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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”。
• What does all this wrangling come to?
  这些争论最后会有什么结果？