wrangling是什么意思？

wrangling

• v. 争吵，争论，口角( wrangle的现在分词 )；

复数：wranglings;

例句

• The children were wrangling ( with each other ) over the new toy. 孩子为新玩具 ( 互相 ) 争吵.
• There was some wrangling between creditors about who was to blame. 债主们就谁该承担责任争论了好一阵。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• V-RECIP
  (长时间)吵架，争吵，争论
  If you say that someone is wrangling with someone over a question or issue, you mean that they have been arguing angrily for quite a long time about it.
  例句
  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。 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。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining)