squabbles

英 [ˈskwɒblz]

美 [ˈskwɑːblz]

v.  (为琐事)争吵，发生口角
n.  争吵，口角
squabble的第三人称单数和复数

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

• Higher share prices on the heels of stronger earnings will make political squabbles seem like a distant memory.
  只有基于更理想收入的高股价，才会让这些政治纷争变成遥远的回忆。
• As Europe stands at the precipice, it is time to end brinkmanship and political squabbles.
  欧洲正站在悬崖边缘，现在是时候终结边缘政策和无休止的政治纷争了。
• 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。
• Children's squabbles annoy their parents.
  孩子们的斗嘴惹恼他们的父母。
• Recent squabbles worried you, enough that you're in a rush to get things settled.
  最近的争论让你烦心，你为了让事情定下来已经足够奔忙了。
• John often squabbles with his brother about trivial.
  约翰时常为了琐细的事跟他的兄弟斗嘴。
• Will the Mediterranean union seize the moment, or will it be strangled by southern politics and European squabbles?
  地中海国家能否抓住这个时机，或是否会被南地中海政治分歧和欧洲的争吵所扼杀？
• I'm not interested in their petty squabbles.
  我对他们的小争执不感兴趣。
• But money as in most domestic squabbles also appears to be a big part of the picture.
  就像大多数内斗一样，钱也是导致两家分手的一个重要原因。
• Clearly, family squabbles can be deeply damaging.
  显然，家庭纠纷可能造成巨大的破坏。