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

• This will only result in another round of time-consuming squabbles.
  这样只会带来另一轮浪费时间的争论。
• 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。
• 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。
• At the moment of such a feeling of love, enthusiasm, and self-sacrifice, what are all our slights and squabbles?
  在充满爱心、欣悦和为国王献身之感的时刻，我们之间发生的口角和屈辱具有什么意义呢？！
• 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。
• Honestly now, do you love the marketing industry, but are tired of office politics and petty squabbles?
  老实说，爱你的营销业，而是感到厌倦办公室政治和小磕碰？
• I'm not interested in their petty squabbles.
  我对他们的小争执不感兴趣。
• Children's squabbles annoy their parents.
  孩子们的斗嘴惹恼他们的父母。
• It would compound the control issues and there could be squabbles over carving up Cadbury's chocolate and chewing gum businesses.
  这其中将包括控制权问题，还可能会就如何瓜分吉百利的巧克力和口香糖业务发生争执。
• Your irritability will lead to family squabbles.
  你的烦躁会引发家庭矛盾。