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

• Clearly, family squabbles can be deeply damaging.
  显然，家庭纠纷可能造成巨大的破坏。
• 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？！
• Petty internal squabbles are doing nothing to help the party's image.
  内部的龃龆对党的形象没有好处。
• Recent squabbles worried you, enough that you're in a rush to get things settled.
  最近的争论让你烦心，你为了让事情定下来已经足够奔忙了。
• 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。
• The press was almost unaware of these squabbles.
  报界基本上还未觉察到这些争吵。
• Will the Mediterranean union seize the moment, or will it be strangled by southern politics and European squabbles?
  地中海国家能否抓住这个时机，或是否会被南地中海政治分歧和欧洲的争吵所扼杀？
• 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。
• 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。
• Your irritability will lead to family squabbles.
  你的烦躁会引发家庭矛盾。