quarrel

noun

/ˈkwɒrəl/

/ˈkwɑːrəl/

Idioms

[countable] an angry argument or disagreement between people, often about a personal matter口角；争吵；拌嘴
- a family quarrel家庭纷争
- quarrel with somebody He did not mention the quarrel with his wife.他没有提起和妻子的争吵。
- He got involved in a quarrel with his neighbour.他和邻居吵了一架。
- quarrel about something They had a quarrel about money.他们为钱吵了一架。
- quarrel over something a quarrel over the ownership of a piece of land关于一块土地的所有权的争执
- quarrel between A and B Were you at any time aware of a quarrel between the two of them?你什么时候注意到他俩拌过嘴吗？
- quarrel (with somebody/between A and B) (about/over something) Paul's incessant quarrels with his sisters over investments保罗因投资问题与他的姐妹们不断争吵
Topics Opinion and argumentc2, Feelingsc2
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- bitter
- serious
- violent
- …
verb + quarrel
- have
- pick
- provoke
- …
quarrel + verb
- break out
preposition
- quarrel about
- quarrel between
- quarrel over
- …
phrases
- have no quarrel with somebody/something
[uncountable] quarrel (with somebody/something) (especially in negative sentences尤用于否定句) a reason for complaining about somebody/something or for disagreeing with somebody/something抱怨（或不赞成）的理由
- We have no quarrel with his methods.我们没有理由不赞成他的方法。
- Our quarrel is not with the people, but with their leader.我们没有和那些人争吵，而是和他们的领导争吵。
- We have no quarrel with their plans, in fact we support them.我们没有理由不赞成他们的计划，实际上我们是支持他们的。
Topics Opinion and argumentc2
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- bitter
- serious
- violent
- …
verb + quarrel
- have
- pick
- provoke
- …
quarrel + verb
- break out
preposition
- quarrel about
- quarrel between
- quarrel over
- …
phrases
- have no quarrel with somebody/something

词源Middle English (in the sense ‘reason for disagreement with a person’): from Old French querele, from Latin querel(l)a ‘complaint’, from queri ‘complain’.

Idioms

pick a fight/quarrel (with somebody)

to deliberately start a fight or an argument with somebody找茬儿；找麻烦；挑衅
- He had drunk too much and was ready to pick a fight with anyone who crossed his path.他喝得太多了，准备和任何与他相遇的人打一架。
- She tried to pick a quarrel with me.她试图找我吵架。
Topics Opinion and argumentc2

quarrel

verb

/ˈkwɒrəl/

/ˈkwɑːrəl/

[intransitive]

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they quarrel	/ˈkwɒrəl/ /ˈkwɑːrəl/
he / she / it quarrels	/ˈkwɒrəlz/ /ˈkwɑːrəlz/
past simple quarrelled	/ˈkwɒrəld/ /ˈkwɑːrəld/
past participle quarrelled	/ˈkwɒrəld/ /ˈkwɑːrəld/
(US English) past simple quarreled	/ˈkwɒrəld/ /ˈkwɑːrəld/
(US English) past participle quarreled	/ˈkwɒrəld/ /ˈkwɑːrəld/
-ing form quarrelling	/ˈkwɒrəlɪŋ/ /ˈkwɑːrəlɪŋ/
(US English) -ing form quarreling	/ˈkwɒrəlɪŋ/ /ˈkwɑːrəlɪŋ/

Phrasal Verbs

to have an angry argument or disagreement争吵；吵嘴；吵架
- My sister and I used to quarrel all the time.我和妹妹过去老是吵架。
- quarrel with somebody He wished he hadn't quarrelled with Tania.他真希望自己没有和塔妮娅吵过架。
- quarrel about something What did you two quarrel about?你们俩为什么吵架？
- quarrel over something We tend to quarrel over money.我们往往为钱争吵。
- quarrel with somebody about something I didn't want to quarrel with Tyler about weekend plans.我不想和泰勒就周末计划争吵。
- quarrel with somebody over something She quarrelled with her brother over their father's will.她和弟弟因父亲遗嘱的事起了争执。
Topics Opinion and argumentc2
Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- bitterly
- fiercely
- violently
- …
preposition
- about
- over
- with
- …
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词源Middle English (in the sense ‘reason for disagreement with a person’): from Old French querele, from Latin querel(l)a ‘complaint’, from queri ‘complain’.