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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Your irritability will lead to family squabbles.
  你的烦躁会引发家庭矛盾。
• I'm not interested in their petty squabbles.
  我对他们的小争执不感兴趣。
• 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。
• She might have called a few former friends to apologize, and mend fences for past squabbles.
  她可能还会给几位昔日朋友打电话主动道歉，摒弃前嫌。
• So far, the tensions have not boiled over in public squabbles.
  迄今为止，这种紧张局势尚未在公开争吵中失控。
• Even now, the eurozone still squabbles over the small print of a package that is essentially irrelevant to its future.
  即便到了现在，欧元区仍在围绕一项与其未来基本上不相干的方案的细则部分争吵不休。
• It makes your petty earthly squabbles seem so insignificant, as there is far more to life than you realise.
  它使你的小属地争吵似乎微不足道，因为有更多的远远比你的生命实现。