wrangle
vi. 争吵; 争论
vt. 通过争辩使某人…; 放牧
n. 争吵; 吵架
If you say that someone is wrangling with someone over a question or issue, you mean that they have been arguing angrily for quite a long time about it.
The two sides have spent most of their time wrangling over procedural problems...
双方大部分时间都在围绕程序问题争论不休。
A group of MPs is still wrangling with the government over the timing of elections.
一群下院议员仍在与政府就选举的时间安排争吵个不停。
1. an angry dispute;
2. an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining)
1. to quarrel noisily, angrily or disruptively;
2. herd and care for;
Don't wrangle with others over trifles.
别为一些琐事与别人争吵.
I don't want to get into a wrangle with the committee.
我不想同委员会发生争执.
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吵中闹翻了.
They were involved in a long legal wrangle over payment.
他们在付款问题上陷入长期纠纷.
After a brief wrangle in the bankruptcy courts, Britain's Barclays has taken over Lehman's American operations.
在破产法庭上简单争执之后, 英国的巴克莱银行接管了雷曼在北美的所有业务.