squabbling

英 [ˈskwɒblɪŋ]

美 [ˈskwɑːblɪŋ]

v.  (为琐事)争吵，发生口角
squabble的现在分词

现在分词：squabbling　复数：squabblings　

BNC.35032 / COCA.27806

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。

双语例句

• Crucially, eurozone governments must stop squabbling.
  至关重要的是，欧元区各国政府必须停止争吵。
• Squabbling like this won't get anywhere.
  这样瞎吵下去不会有什么结果。
• The meeting degenerated into petty squabbling.
  会议变成了无聊的扯皮。
• Stop all this squabbling, which is most undignified.
  不要吵来吵去，有失君子风度。
• We'll still be squabbling about it when we go to the polls.
  我们去投票站投票时仍将为这一点争吵不休。
• I'm sick of you two squabbling just cut it out!
  你们两个吵来吵去真烦人&快打住吧！
• The experts, however, say such squabbling is healthy, even if we are catching up very late in the day.
  不过，专家指出，这类争论是有益的，就算我们很晚才开始。
• They are always squabbling over details.
  他们总为枝节问题而争吵不休。
• 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。
• Mr Dumas was anxious to float Herm è s because some family members wanted to liquidate their holdings and a listing would avoid them squabbling over the value of their shares.
  杜迈急于让爱马仕上市，因为一些家族成员希望将所持股份变现，而上市可以防止他们就股票价值发生争吵。