squabbled

英 [ˈskwɒbld]

美 [ˈskwɑːbld]

v.  (为琐事)争吵，发生口角
squabble的过去分词和过去式

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

• As Congress and the White House squabbled in the summer of last year over a deal to raise the debt ceiling and avert sovereign default, policy makers and investors struggled to predict how debt markets would react.
  去年夏天，美国国会与白宫为了就提高债务上限以避免主权债务违约的问题达成协议而争吵不休，政策制定者和投资者都在努力预测债券市场将会如何反应。
• At one of the e-Menu tables, information technology worker Gil Uriel and his young family were enthusiastic as they checked out pictures of the dishes on offer and squabbled over desserts.
  在其中一张电子点餐桌上，年轻的IT工程师吉尔•乌力尔正与家人一起兴致勃勃地浏览菜肴的图片、讨论点哪些甜品。
• The two sides have squabbled by day and wined and dined together by night.
  双方白天会争吵不休，到了晚上又会一起喝酒搓饭。
• Labels have had to change their relationship with artists and lean on new partners, including the talent managers they often squabbled with in the past.
  唱片公司不得不改变和旗下艺人之间的关系，倚靠新的生意伙伴，其中包括那些他们过去经常与之口角不断的人才代理们。
• The White House and the Congress squabbled over the missing emails.
  最近，美国国会跟白宫就白宫丢失的电子邮件的问题发生了争执。
• So he named the well Esek, because they squabbled about it.
  为此他给那井起名叫「争论」，因为他们曾与他争论过。
• And though I never voted for George W.Bush, I give him great credit for leading, even as Congress postured and squabbled.
  尽管我从未把票投给乔治•布什，但我对他在国会装模作样和争吵不休时发挥的领导作用大为赞赏。