1.(为小事)口角,争论
1.争论,争吵
2.【印】搅乱(排好的铅字)
1.to argue with someone about something that is not important
1.Perhaps those two eastern sophisticates, Mr Dervis and Mr Khalilzad, should cut through the squabbling and sort the matter out.
也许,这两位“东方通”——德尔维什先生和哈利勒扎德先生,应该从这次论争中走出来,把问题解决掉。
2.It had a functioning democracy, but ever-squabbling politicians seemed unable to get things done.
它有一个正常运作的民主机制,但是不断争吵的政客似乎永远无法把事情办好。
3.A year ago the Tories had a double-digit lead over a ragged and squabbling Labour Party. The election seemed theirs for the losing.
一年前,托利党领先参差不齐而争吵不休的工党两位数,因为工党的失利大选的胜利似乎属于他们。
4.The Tories would like to install elected police commissioners, but are squabbling internally about how much power to give them.
保守党方面希望可以选举警察署长,但是对于应该赋予署长多少权利,内部又争论纷纷。
5.When the mother could bear the children's squabbling no longer, she grabbed them both by the hair and knocked their heads together.
母亲再也不能忍受孩子的争吵时,就抓住他俩的头发碰撞他们的头。
6.The state of the world's economy means politicians are looking for any excuse to save money. Not a good moment to be squabbling.
而就目前的全球经济情况看,政客们都在寻找合适的借口缩减投资,所以现在可不是一个争吵的时候。
7.Once upon a time there were a brother and sister squabbling over an apple, with each insisting on the larger slice.
从前有一对兄妹为一只苹果争吵,两人都想吃大的一块。
8.While squabbling continues in Kathmandu, organic devolution is taking place in many mutinous places.
当加德满都争吵不断时,缓慢的权力下放正发生在许多反叛的地区。
9.Do you suppose he might have been addressing the two people he mentioned in verse 2, Euodia and Syntyche, who were squabbling?
你觉不觉得他这番说话,可能是冲着在第二节提到,正在争吵的友阿爹和循都基而说的呢?
10."You have to see it to believe it, " says Ms Hanson, recalling children squabbling for a turn solving sums online.
“你必须看到它,相信它,”汉森女士说,回顾起孩子们争先恐后地要在线解决加法题。