tussle
noun /ˈtʌsl/
/ˈtʌsl/
- tussle (for/over something) a short struggle, fight or argument especially in order to get something
扭打，争斗，争执（尤指为了争得物品） - He was injured during a tussle for the ball.
他在争球时受了伤。 - There was a legal tussle over the closure of the hospital.
有一场关于关闭医院的法律纠纷。 - She had a brief tussle with her conscience before telling the whole story.
在讲述整个故事之前，她与自己的良心进行了一次短暂的斗争。
Topics Opinion and argumentc2- Five teams are involved in the tussle for promotion.
5支球队卷入了升级大战。 - There is a tussle for power before the Congress convenes.
国会召开之前有权力的争斗。 - a tussle between the country's parliament and government
该国国会和政府之间的争斗
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- brief
- little
- legal
- …
- have
- be engaged in
- be involved in
- …
- in a/the tussle
- tussle between
- tussle for
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词源late Middle English (as a verb, originally Scots and northern English): perhaps a diminutive of dialect touse ‘handle roughly’ of Germanic origin and related to German zausen. - He was injured during a tussle for the ball.