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

• 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。
• 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。
• Mark: You two are already squabbling like an old married couple.
  马克：你们两个已经像老夫老妻一样斗嘴了。
• The meeting degenerated into petty squabbling.
  会议变成了无聊的扯皮。
• 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。
• 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。
• Stop all this squabbling, which is most undignified.
  不要吵来吵去，有失君子风度。
• They are always squabbling over details.
  他们总为枝节问题而争吵不休。
• 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。
• This monument to vanity was built by a wealthy count but he died before the ambitious building could be finished, which shows the folly of squabbling with your architects.
  这座空虚的纪念碑由一位富有的公爵建造，但在这座雄心勃勃的建筑物竣工之前，他就死了，这座建筑物提示了与建筑师争论的荒唐事。