squabbles

英 [ˈskwɒblz]

美 [ˈskwɑːblz]

v.  (为琐事)争吵，发生口角
n.  争吵，口角
squabble的第三人称单数和复数

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

• Mr Blair still benefits from a high international reputation, despite Iraq and despite squabbles within the European Union.
  布莱尔先生仍在他不错的国际声望中受益，伊拉克的不算，欧盟的也不算。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Children's squabbles annoy their parents.
  孩子们的斗嘴惹恼他们的父母。
• Clearly, family squabbles can be deeply damaging.
  显然，家庭纠纷可能造成巨大的破坏。
• 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？