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。
• 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。
• She's always wrangling with the bank manager over money.
  她总是跟银行经理因为钱的事争吵。
• The government is wrangling with various groups demanding compensation.
  政府正在与要求赔偿的各方争论。
• 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。
• The deadlock and the wrangling over the debt-ceiling has been going on for months.
  有关提高债务上限的僵局和争执已经持续了数月。
• 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”。
• 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。
• The deal ends years of legal wrangling between the two.
  该协议结束了两者之间持续多年的法律纠纷。