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wrangling

/rang-guhl/US // ˈræŋ gəl //UK // (ˈræŋɡəl) //

扯皮,争吵,争论,争执

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    wran·gled, wran·gling.

    • : to argue or dispute, especially in a noisy or angry manner.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    wran·gled, wran·gling.

    • : to argue or dispute.
    • : to tend or round up.
    • : to obtain, often by contrivance or scheming; wangle: He wrangled a job through a friend.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a noisy or angry dispute; altercation.

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Examples

  • As the wrangling continued, Lloyd and Postol grew to rely on their new colleague, Susli.

  • No wrangling with credit card machines or digging for change.

  • Semi-rigged elections, and blurred lines between business and government—Beijing's wrangling would make Boss Tweed proud.

  • So, he has to deal with what will inevitably be time-consuming and complicated legal wrangling.

  • With little fanfare and partisan wrangling, 43 states have already adopted key elements of voter registration modernization.

  • I reached Richfield just as Colonel Lewis was setting forth to settle some wrangling between two of his captains.

  • What was more, after three days of exasperated wrangling discussion, she surprised them all by bidding them be quiet.

  • Harris, wrangling with another workman, was now seen approaching.

  • There may be a wrangling between those two impulses, but as soon as my will stands for the one, the other is really excluded.

  • He had never entered the Vicar's grounds with the intention of either wrangling with the Vicar or his wife.