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

• In the1990s, squabbling over the siting of an ethylene plant financed by the central government led to the project being split between Beijing and Tianjin.
  在上个世纪90年代，一个乙烯工程的选址究竟是定在北京还是天津，争论不休。
• You are so concerned with squabbling for the scraps from longshanks'table that you've missed your god-given right to something better. There's difference between us*.
  正当你对别人的残羹剩饭欣然自喜甚至还需你争我抢时，恰恰放弃了上帝赋予的本应该就属于我们的更好的东西。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• One day I was criticizing my children for squabbling. "Can you never play peacefully?"
  有一次，我因为孩子们的争吵而责骂他们，“你们就永远不能安静地玩会吗？”
• The meeting degenerated into petty squabbling.
  会议变成了无聊的扯皮。
• The warning comes as the United States, China, European and other nations continue squabbling over the value of currencies.
  世界银行和IMF发出警告之时，美国，中国，欧洲和其他国家仍然因货币问题发生争吵。
• Russia is more than vodka, cold temperatures, pussy riot, anti-gay legislation, squabbling oligarchs, and the occasional jailing of a prominent opponent to its president.
  俄罗斯不光有伏特加、寒冷的气候、朋克乐队PussyRiot、反同性恋法、为点儿小事就喋喋不休的政治寡头以及偶尔会入狱的总统主要政治对手。
• 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。