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

• 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。
• 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。
• I'm not interested in their petty squabbles.
  我对他们的小争执不感兴趣。
• A big reason the mayoral race has degenerated into squabbles over personal taxes and the shape of buses is that the candidates do not have much more to talk about.
  市长选举之所以恶化变成围绕个人税务和巴士形状这些小事的你争我吵，一个重要原因是两位候选者都没什么可值得谈论的。
• Your irritability will lead to family squabbles.
  你的烦躁会引发家庭矛盾。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。