wrangle

英 [ˈræŋɡl]

美 [ˈræŋɡl]

n.  (长时间的)争论，争吵
v.  (通常为长时间地)争吵，争辩

复数：wrangles　现在分词：wrangling　过去式：wrangled　过去分词：wrangled　第三人称单数：wrangles　

GRE

Collins.1 / BNC.19216 / COCA.20853

牛津词典

noun

• （长时间的）争论，争吵
  an argument that is complicated and continues over a long period of time
  1. a legal wrangle between the company and their suppliers
     这家公司与各供货商之间长期的法律纠纷

verb

• （通常为长时间地）争吵，争辩
  to argue angrily and usually for a long time about sth
  1. They're still wrangling over the financial details.
     他们仍在为财务细节争吵。

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:hagglehagglingwrangling
• an angry dispute
  1. they had a quarrel
  2. they had words
  Synonym:quarrelrowwordsrun-industup

verb

• to quarrel noisily, angrily or disruptively
  1. The bar keeper threw them out, but they continued to wrangle on down the street
  Synonym:brawl
• herd and care for
  1. wrangle horses

双语例句

• He was reluctant to plunge into the bitter partisan wrangle.
  他不愿卷入这种激烈的党争。
• Men will wrangle for religion; write for it 'fight for it; die for it; anything but live for it.
  人们会为宗教而争辩、写作、斗争、甚至于死；总之除了为宗教而生存外，什么事情都干得出来。
• Bargain or wrangle ( over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.).
  讨价还价或争论（就价格、协议条款等）。
• To try and wrangle all these guys by yourself.
  想自己把这些家伙全搞定？
• This debate is a dry, procedural wrangle.
  这次辩论是一场关于程序问题的枯燥争论。
• Perhaps more importantly, however, it is now also caught in a wrangle over oil between longstanding ally Sudan and the year-old South Sudan that threatens its economic and diplomatic relations with both.
  不过，更重要的一点可能是，中国如今还卷入了长期盟友苏丹与成立仅1年的南苏丹之间的石油争端，这对中国与这两个国家的经贸和外交关系都构成威胁。
• It's so hard to take the trouble to wrangle all the stuff together the night before, but it really pays off.
  虽然要在头天夜里把一切东西都准备好真是太难了，但真地有好处。
• In Canada, during a nationwide wrangle combining anger and silliness, the country adopted a new national flag.
  在加拿大，新国旗的式样，在一场交织着愤懑和愚蠢的全国性辩论中通过。
• He was reluctant to plunge into a bitter personal and partisan wrangle.
  他不愿卷入这种个人之间的和党派的激烈争论。
• The wrangle between the school and the local council has gone on for two years.
  学校和当地市政会之间的纷争已经持续两年了。