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

• 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。
• 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。
• And while America squabbles, crumbles and move backwards, China laughs all the way to the bank!
  当美国争吵不休，相互倾扎，倒踏步子时，中国正大笑着奔向银行。
• Your irritability will lead to family squabbles.
  你的烦躁会引发家庭矛盾。
• 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。
• 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。
• With several families living in a siheyuan, minor squabbles are inevitable.
  几家住一个四合院儿，难免有些磕碰。
• 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。
• 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。
• A stand-off between the two biggest greenhouse gas emitters has blocked years of effort to produce a meaningful international climate treaty, along with squabbles over the level of aid from developed countries deemed most responsible for global warming.
  两大温室气体排放国的对峙，再加上围绕发达国家援助水平的争吵发达国家被视为全球变暖的罪魁祸首阻碍了签署有意义的国际气候协定的多年努力。