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wrangle vi.争论,争吵,口角 vt.辩驳,放牧 n.口角,吵嘴 Wrangle in its current meaning comes from the nineteenth century American term wrangling, the art of herding cattle, probably with the idea in mind that rounding up all those tiresome details is a bit like rounding up all those tiresome cattle; they tend to go flying off in all directions. From wrangler in the cowboy sense we get Wrangler jeans, though not all wranglers wear Wranglers of course. They usually wear suits. 1[V-RECIP 相互动词](长时间)吵架，争吵，争论 If you say that someone is wrangling with someone over a question or issue, you mean that they have been arguing angrily for quite a long time about it.   [pl-n V over n]  [V with n over n]  [Also pl-n V]The two sides have spent most of their time wrangling over procedural problems...双方大部分时间都在围绕程序问题争论不休。A group of MPs is still wrangling with the government over the timing of elections.一群下院议员仍在与政府就选举的时间安排争吵个不停。Wrangle is also a noun.The party was torn apart by wrangles over fiscal policy...该党内部因为在财政政策上争执不休而出现了分裂。He was involved in a legal wrangle with the Health Secretary.他卷入了与卫生大臣的法律纠纷之中。wranglingThere was some wrangling between creditors about who was to blame.债主们就谁该承担责任争论了好一阵。

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['ræg(ə)l] A long, hard, intense argument, especially over an issue with lots of details, is a wrangle. Politicians and lawyers frequently engage in wrangles. Usually it doesn't come to blows. ★☆☆☆☆

英语单词	wrangle
英美音标	['ræg(ə)l]
中文释义	vi.争论,争吵,口角 vt.辩驳,放牧 n.口角,吵嘴
vocabulary简明	A long, hard, intense argument, especially over an issue with lots of details, is a wrangle. Politicians and lawyers frequently engage in wrangles. Usually it doesn't come to blows.
vocabulary扩展	Wrangle in its current meaning comes from the nineteenth century American term wrangling, the art of herding cattle, probably with the idea in mind that rounding up all those tiresome details is a bit like rounding up all those tiresome cattle; they tend to go flying off in all directions. From wrangler in the cowboy sense we get Wrangler jeans, though not all wranglers wear Wranglers of course. They usually wear suits.
柯林斯星级	★☆☆☆☆
柯林斯解释	1 [V-RECIP 相互动词](长时间)吵架，争吵，争论 If you say that someone is wrangling with someone over a question or issue, you mean that they have been arguing angrily for quite a long time about it. [pl-n V over n] [V with n over n] [Also pl-n V] The two sides have spent most of their time wrangling over procedural problems... 双方大部分时间都在围绕程序问题争论不休。 A group of MPs is still wrangling with the government over the timing of elections. 一群下院议员仍在与政府就选举的时间安排争吵个不停。 Wrangle is also a noun. The party was torn apart by wrangles over fiscal policy... 该党内部因为在财政政策上争执不休而出现了分裂。 He was involved in a legal wrangle with the Health Secretary. 他卷入了与卫生大臣的法律纠纷之中。 wrangling There was some wrangling between creditors about who was to blame. 债主们就谁该承担责任争论了好一阵。

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