wrangle

noun

/ˈræŋɡl/

an argument that is complicated and continues over a long period of time（长时间的）争论，争吵
- wrangle between A and B a legal wrangle between the company and their suppliers这家公司与各供货商之间长期的法律纠纷
- wrangle (with somebody) (over something) He is currently locked in a bitter wrangle with his wife over custody of the children.他目前正与妻子为孩子的监护权而激烈争吵。
- The legal wrangle continues.法律争论在继续。
- The two countries fell out in a bitter wrangle over imports.这两个国家在有关进口问题的激烈争论中闹翻了。
- The wrangle between the school and the local authority has gone on for two years.学校和地方当局之间的纷争已经持续两年了。
- a lengthy planning wrangle over the height of the building长期以来对于建筑高度的规划争论
Topics Opinion and argumentc2
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- bitter
- lengthy
- long-running
- …
verb + wrangle
- be drawn into
- have
wrangle + verb
- ensue
- continue
preposition
- in a/the wrangle
- wrangle between
- wrangle over
- …
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词源late Middle English: compare with Low German wrangeln, frequentative of wrangen ‘to struggle’; related to wring.

wrangle

verb

/ˈræŋɡl/

[intransitive]

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they wrangle	/ˈræŋɡl/ /ˈræŋɡl/
he / she / it wrangles	/ˈræŋɡlz/ /ˈræŋɡlz/
past simple wrangled	/ˈræŋɡld/ /ˈræŋɡld/
past participle wrangled	/ˈræŋɡld/ /ˈræŋɡld/
-ing form wrangling	/ˈræŋɡlɪŋ/ /ˈræŋɡlɪŋ/

to argue angrily and usually for a long time about something（通常为长时间地）争吵，争辩
- wrangle over/about something They're still wrangling over the financial details.他们仍在为财务细节争吵。
- wrangle with somebody Police officers wrangled with the youths and then fired tear gas to force them back.警察与年轻人争吵，然后发射催泪弹迫使他们返回。
- wrangle with somebody over/about something Britain was still wrangling with Brussels about the terms of its departure from the EU.英国仍在与布鲁塞尔就其脱离欧盟的条件争论不休。
Topics Opinion and argumentc2
词源late Middle English: compare with Low German wrangeln, frequentative of wrangen ‘to struggle’; related to wring.