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。
• 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。
• You may have to ask yourself whether is deal is worth wrangling with an800-pound gorilla.
  你将会问自己跟一个800磅重的大猩猩吵架是否值得。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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；
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？