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

• Like Russia and the US, China sometimes seems frustrated with the squabbles and convoluted decision-making procedures that often constitute EU policymaking.
  与俄罗斯和美国相同，中国有时似乎也对欧盟决策过程中的争论和费解的程序感到失望。
• And while America squabbles, crumbles and move backwards, China laughs all the way to the bank!
  当美国争吵不休，相互倾扎，倒踏步子时，中国正大笑着奔向银行。
• 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。
• She might have called a few former friends to apologize, and mend fences for past squabbles.
  她可能还会给几位昔日朋友打电话主动道歉，摒弃前嫌。
• 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。
• 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。
• This will only result in another round of time-consuming squabbles.
  这样只会带来另一轮浪费时间的争论。
• Mr Blair still benefits from a high international reputation, despite Iraq and despite squabbles within the European Union.
  布莱尔先生仍在他不错的国际声望中受益，伊拉克的不算，欧盟的也不算。
• So far, the tensions have not boiled over in public squabbles.
  迄今为止，这种紧张局势尚未在公开争吵中失控。
• Falling budget revenues as a result of the crisis have already sparked discord among factions and may yet embroil the president and prime minister in squabbles over the shrinking economic pie.
  危机而导致的预算收入下降已引发了各派之间的不合，可能还使总统和总理就日益缩小的经济蛋糕卷入争吵。