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

• They finally struck a bargain after weeks of wrangling over who would get what.
  他们吵了几个星期谁该得到什么，最终达成了协议。
• 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”。
• The old man's offspring are wrangling over the estate.
  这个老人的子女们正在为遗产争吵。
• For behind the wrangling lies a growing divergence between two concepts of what the EU is for.
  这场争论的背后是关于欧盟之意义的两种观念间日益加深的分歧。
• Unless these problems are solved, there will be endless wrangling in the schools.
  学校里这些问题不解决，扯皮就扯得没完没了。
• After weeks of political wrangling, President Obama and congressional leaders reached a deal late Sunday night – thereby avoiding a default.
  经过了数周的政治角力，奥巴马总统和国会领袖们在周日深夜达成了一致意见&从而避免了违约。
• 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。
• 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 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。