wrangle
wrangle 英 [ˈræŋgl] 美 [ˈræŋɡəl]
n. 争论；吵嘴 vi. 争论；争吵 vt. 争论；争吵；辩驳
进行时:wrangling 过去式:wrangled 过去分词:wrangled 第三人称单数:wrangles 名词复数:wrangles
- To wrangle is to take part in a long, angry, intense argument, especially over an issue with lots of details. You can also wrangle, or herd, a bunch of cows. Politicians and lawyers frequently wrangle, no cows necessary.
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- n. 争论；吵嘴
- vi. 争论；争吵
- vt. 争论；争吵；辩驳
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1. Don't wrangle with others over trifles.
别为一些琐事与别人争吵。
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2. And China keeps giving reminders of its unresolved wrangle with India over what is now the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, which it briefly overran in 1962.
中国反复提出与印度的边界纠纷，该争论尚未解决，1962年中国曾短暂占领过阿鲁纳恰邦，现在该地区属于印度。
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3. China's Premier Wen Jiabao has warned against interference by "external forces" in the maritime wrangle, over a strategic and resource-rich area where several regional nations have overlapping claims.
中国总理温家宝警告那些参与海上争论的“国外势力”不要介入南中国海问题，南海作为一块战略要地和资源丰富地区使得很多国家宣布对其有领土权。
- wrangle (v.) late 14c., from Low German wrangeln "to dispute, to wrestle," related to Middle Low German wringen, from Proto-Germanic *wrang-, from *wrengh-, nasalized variant of *wergh- "to turn," from PIE root *wer- (2) "to turn, bend." Meaning "take charge of horses" is by 1897, American English. Related: Wrangled; wrangling. The noun is recorded from 1540s.
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