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

• This monument to vanity was built by a wealthy count but he died before the ambitious building could be finished, which shows the folly of squabbling with your architects.
  这座空虚的纪念碑由一位富有的公爵建造，但在这座雄心勃勃的建筑物竣工之前，他就死了，这座建筑物提示了与建筑师争论的荒唐事。
• The kids, as usual, were squabbling in the back of the car.
  和往常样，孩子们在汽车后座争吵着。
• It is a sobering thought that so much depends on the leadership of squabbling European politicians who still consistently underestimate what confronts them.
  必须清醒地认识到过分依赖争吵不休的欧洲领导人是不明智的，他们一直低估了所面临的危机。
• I'm sick of you two squabbling just cut it out!
  你们两个吵来吵去真烦人&快打住吧！
• They are always squabbling over details.
  他们总为枝节问题而争吵不休。
• Stop squabbling, will you? people will laugh at us.
  别吵了，让人家看笑话。
• Once upon a time there were a brother and sister squabbling over an apple, with each insisting on the larger slice.
  从前有一对兄妹为一只苹果争吵，两人都想吃大的一块。
• 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 meeting degenerated into petty squabbling.
  会议变成了无聊的扯皮。