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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Even now, after months of talks, negotiators are still wrangling over a raft of competing proposals.
  谈判已经进行好几个月了，可即便是现在，谈判者们还在为一堆提议争论不休。
• After years of wrangling, the Taiwan government has legalised gaming on its offshore islands.
  在经历了数年的争论之后，台湾政府已将离岛的赌博合法化。
• 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 government is wrangling with various groups demanding compensation.
  政府正在与要求赔偿的各方争论。
• 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。
• The call came as EADS moved to end years of wrangling over its dual-headed structure.
  这一呼吁出现之时，正值eads将结束数年来围绕其双重领导结构而展开的争吵。
• 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”。