squabbles

英 [ˈskwɒblz]

美 [ˈskwɑːblz]

v.  (为琐事)争吵，发生口角
n.  争吵，口角
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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

• With several families living in a siheyuan, minor squabbles are inevitable.
  几家住一个四合院儿，难免有些磕碰。
• It would compound the control issues and there could be squabbles over carving up Cadbury's chocolate and chewing gum businesses.
  这其中将包括控制权问题，还可能会就如何瓜分吉百利的巧克力和口香糖业务发生争执。
• The union's campaign against the factory closure has been hampered by its internal squabbles about the action it should take.
  由于在应该采取什么行动的问题上发生了内讧，工会反对工厂关闭的运动受到了阻碍。
• Children's squabbles annoy their parents.
  孩子们的斗嘴惹恼他们的父母。
• Your irritability will lead to family squabbles.
  你的烦躁会引发家庭矛盾。
• Clearly, family squabbles can be deeply damaging.
  显然，家庭纠纷可能造成巨大的破坏。
• Petty internal squabbles are doing nothing to help the party's image.
  内部的龃龆对党的形象没有好处。
• And there are squabbles over new shortcuts for shipping around the Siberian coast and the Northwest Passage.
  对于船只绕过西伯利亚海岸的新捷径以及西北通道都存在着争议。
• At the moment of such a feeling of love, enthusiasm, and self-sacrifice, what are all our slights and squabbles?
  在充满爱心、欣悦和为国王献身之感的时刻，我们之间发生的口角和屈辱具有什么意义呢？！
• The press was almost unaware of these squabbles.
  报界基本上还未觉察到这些争吵。