tussles

英 [ˈtʌslz]

美 [ˈtʌslz]

n.  扭打，争斗，争执(尤指为了争得物品)
v.  扭打，争斗(尤指为了争夺物品)
tussle的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• V-RECIP 扭打;厮打
  If one persontussles withanother, or if theytussle, they get hold of each other and struggle or fight.
  1. They ended up ripping down perimeter fencing and tussling with the security staff...
     最终他们拆毁了四周的围栏，与保安人员厮打起来。
  2. He grabbed my microphone and we tussled over that...
     他抓住我的麦克风，我们为此扭打起来。
  3. James and Elliott tussled.
     詹姆斯和埃利奥特扭打成一团。
  4. Tussleis also a noun.
     
  5. The referee booked him for a tussle with the goalie.
     他和守门员拉扯，因而被裁判记名警告。
• V-RECIP 争夺;争抢;争斗
  If one persontussles withanother for something, or if theytusslefor it, they try to beat each other in order to get it.
  1. Pezzo tussled for fourth place with Orvosova...
     佩佐和奥尔沃索瓦为争夺第四名展开了激烈较量。
  2. Officials tussled over who had responsibility for the newly fashionable unemployment agenda.
     众官员为谁负责最近备受关注的失业议题一事争得不可开交。
  3. Tussleis also a noun.
     
  4. ...a legal tussle over who gets custody of the children.
     关于争夺孩子抚养权的法律纠纷
• VERB 全力应对;竭力解决
  If someonetussles witha difficult problem or issue, they try hard to solve it.
  1. He is tussling with the problem of what to do about inflation.
     他正全力应对如何解决通货膨胀的问题。

双语例句

• Both companies are involved in several tit-for-tat legal tussles over patent rights.
  两家公司都卷入了几次对专利权利的针锋相对的法律角力。
• The legal tussles usually end in cross-licensing deals, in which small sums of money change hands.
  这些合法争斗也大都以相互授权作为结束，期间只转手少量的钱。
• Similar tussles are playing out within governments across the region as they grapple with their protectionist instincts amid a pronounced slump in trade.
  整个亚太地区各国政府内部，都在上演类似的角力，在贸易额显著下滑之际，它们都在努力克制着自己的保护主义本能。
• Conspiracy theories aside, tussles between activists and industrialists have held projects back.
  先不谈什么阴谋论，行动主义者与实业家之间的角力已导致若干工程搁浅。
• The magazine has had a series of tussles with Asian governments.
  该杂志曾与亚洲多国政府发生争执。
• One former insider says recent tussles looked as if the siloviki were paving the way for a takeover of power.
  一位曾是内部人士的知情者表示，最近的争斗看起来像是“强力集团”在为政权交接扫清道路。
• The children's fate, even more than family finances, can be the source of the hottest legal tussles.
  孩子的命运比起家庭的财产来更是一个炙手可热的法律争端的根源。
• China announced yesterday it will impose a second round of tariffs on imports of US chicken products of as much as 31.4 per cent, raising the temperature in the ongoing trade tussles between the two countries.
  中国昨日宣布将对从美国进口的肉鸡产品开征第二轮关税，税率最高达31.4%，此举导致两国之间的持续贸易角力升温。
• Mr Iacocca's eponymous memoir ends, after fierce tussles with critics who tried to stymie federal loan guarantees, with Chrysler put back on its feet by the US taxpayer.
  艾柯卡那部以他自己名字命名的回忆录以这样的事实收尾：在与试图阻止提供联邦贷款担保的批评人士进行激烈斗争后，克莱斯勒凭借美国纳税人的钱起死回生。
• Our community hopes to have learned from the experience to organize future projects so they will be less vulnerable to fluctuations and political tussles.
  我们的团队希望从这段经验中，学习如何组织未来的计画，使得它们不会因为种种变故和政争所害。