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

• 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。
• William: Yes, but we are always squabbling about unimportant things.
  威廉；是的，但是我们现在经常为了鸡毛蒜皮的小事争吵不休。
• Tom keeps squabbling with his sister about who is going to use the bicycle.
  汤姆跟妹妹都争着要骑那辆自行车。
• History suggests that technocrats do best when blitzing the mess made by incompetent and squabbling politicians.
  历史建议技术官僚做的最好的是快速收拾无能和争吵的政治家的烂摊子。
• Squabbling by rival politicians in Athens threatens to escalate the European debt crisis, with grave consequences for Greece, the European Union and the world economy as a whole.
  雅典的政客们争论不休，有可能使欧洲债务危机升级，对希腊、欧盟（EU）乃至世界经济整体产生严重后果。
• 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。
• HP ( HPQ) board members were so worn out from boardroom squabbling that they never even met CEO Leo apotheker before they hired him.
  惠普公司（HP）董事会成员因为在会议室里老是争执不休而精疲力竭，结果他们在聘用首席执行官李艾科之前居然都从来没跟他碰过头。
• 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。
• The kids, as usual, were squabbling in the back of the car.
  和往常样，孩子们在汽车后座争吵着。
• Squabbling like this won't get anywhere.
  这样瞎吵下去不会有什么结果。