squabble

英 [ˈskwɒbl]

美 [ˈskwɑːbl]

v.  (为琐事)争吵，发生口角
n.  争吵，口角

复数：squabbles　现在分词：squabbling　过去式：squabbled　第三人称单数：squabbles　过去分词：squabbled　

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牛津词典

verb

• （为琐事）争吵，发生口角
  to argue noisily about sth that is not very important
  1. My sisters were squabbling over what to watch on TV.
     我的姐妹正为看哪个电视节目争吵。

柯林斯词典

• V-RECIP (为琐事)争吵，起争执
  When peoplesquabble, they quarrel about something that is not really important.
  1. Mother is devoted to Dad although they squabble all the time...
     母亲很爱父亲，尽管他们总是为琐事拌嘴。
  2. The children were squabbling over the remote-control gadget for the television...
     孩子们正在为抢夺电视机的遥控器而争吵。
  3. My four-year-old squabbles with his friends...
     我那个 4 岁大的孩子常和他的小伙伴们斗嘴。

英英释义

noun

• a quarrel about petty points
  Synonym:bickerbickeringspattiffpettifoggeryfuss

verb

• argue over petty things
  1. Let's not quibble over pennies
  Synonym:quibblenigglepettifogbickerbrabble

双语例句

• Instead, its dozens of sovereign mini-states squabble and fight constantly.
  组成瑞士的十几个拥有主权的州彼此之间争吵不断，斗争不休。
• The performers squabble among themselves while they wait for their audience.
  这些表演者在等待观众时不断争吵。
• Most churches are riven by tensions: it is not so long ago that the Roman Catholic Opus Dei glared at liberation theologists, and Moscow's Orthodox still squabble like mad with Constantinople's.
  多数教堂因为无法承受压力而分裂开来：正当罗马天主教组织OpusDei怒视自由派神学家的时候，同样信奉东正教的莫斯科与君士坦丁堡之间却还在疯狂的争吵。
• My four-year-old squabbles with his friends
  我那个4岁大的孩子常和他的小伙伴们斗嘴。
• While the transatlantic squabble over the main thrust of the G20 summit continued, the heads of international organisations bemoaned the slow progress on cleaning up bank balance sheets, something they see as a pre-requisite for any recovery.
  在美欧在G20峰会主要议题上继续争吵之际，国际组织的领导人对清理银行资产负债表的缓慢进程表示了遗憾，他们认为这种清理是任何复苏的前提。
• Bone Gnawers: Pathetic creatures, they squabble in the street and then expect to be welcomed into our mansions!
  可怜的造物，他们在大街上争吵然后期望能在我们的官邸中受欢迎！
• Consumers face a mess of discordant devices and services, not to mention spotty availability, as cable providers, networks, and tech companies squabble over turf.
  由于有线电视运营商、广播网和技术公司竞相争夺地盘，消费者面临一个乱七八糟的局面：不配套的设备和服务，更不用说断断续续的信号了。
• But while fundamental fans squabble over which measures to use, their whole ethos has come under attack.
  但是当基本面支持者就哪种测度可以使用时，对他们的回应完全都是攻击。
• Me and the wife are just having a little squabble.
  我和我妻子小吵架而已。
• The question always came down to, are these fiduciary numbers that investment managers charged with keeping money for widows and orphans rely on, or are they just inside baseball for the industry to squabble over and not all that important? That question has never been answered.
  问题最终归结为，这些预测数据到底是那些为孤儿寡母理财的投资经理们进行投资决策的依据，还是只是行业内部自说自话的产物，根本无足轻重？这个问题一直没有答案。