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

• Honestly now, do you love the marketing industry, but are tired of office politics and petty squabbles?
  老实说，爱你的营销业，而是感到厌倦办公室政治和小磕碰？
• 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。
• But money as in most domestic squabbles also appears to be a big part of the picture.
  就像大多数内斗一样，钱也是导致两家分手的一个重要原因。
• 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。
• 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。
• Will the Mediterranean union seize the moment, or will it be strangled by southern politics and European squabbles?
  地中海国家能否抓住这个时机，或是否会被南地中海政治分歧和欧洲的争吵所扼杀？
• 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。
• The press was almost unaware of these squabbles.
  报界基本上还未觉察到这些争吵。
• Children's squabbles annoy their parents.
  孩子们的斗嘴惹恼他们的父母。
• Recent squabbles worried you, enough that you're in a rush to get things settled.
  最近的争论让你烦心，你为了让事情定下来已经足够奔忙了。