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Definition of wrangle in English: wranglenoun ˈraŋɡ(ə)lˈræŋɡəl A dispute or argument, typically one that is long and complicated. （尤指长而复杂的）争吵，争论；争辩 an insurance wrangle is holding up compensation payments 保险争议使得赔付无法进行。 Example sentencesExamples - A legal wrangle over a three-year-old unpaid bill for dealing with the foot-and-mouth cull has cost Cumbria's tax payers around half-a-million pounds.
- Talks over the scheme have been halted by legal wrangles, but drivers say that they will push for the systems to be in place within the next three to six months.
- Trained volunteers help those with learning difficulties ‘speak up for themselves’ in disputes, whether they are legal wrangles or a disagreement with a neighbour.
- A legal wrangle over a seaside town's plans to honour one of its most famous sons with a commemorative plaque is set to be resolved today.
- Finally, include your home in a will that has been translated and officially recognised by local law, as failure to do this can lead to expensive and unnecessary legal wrangles down the line.
- The launch of flights between Singapore and Jakarta, which has been stalled since May amid air traffic wrangles, is now scheduled for the end of this month.
- In 1999, council officers extended the school's capacity to three classes after wrangles with parents.
- Since the attempts of the 70s, legal wrangles over ownership of the comic book hero had prevented production.
- The author's estate has been the subject of countless legal wrangles in recent years, as Stephen proved himself an ardent defender of both the copyright of the author's works and the family's privacy.
- He has been at the club too long and had to shut out too many protests and boardroom wrangles to let it throw him now.
- Until the legal wrangles are resolved, the houseboat residents are paying their rent directly into a bank account.
- Plans by the Government to buy the island and designate it as a national historic park have been dogged by controversy, including a legal wrangle over the past 20 years that went as far as the Supreme Court.
- The commission, which was set up in 2000, was initially scheduled to report this May, but was granted an extension to 2005 after a series of wrangles over legal fees and compensation.
- A sports store which burnt to the ground in a spectacular blaze may never reopen due to an insurance wrangle, the Evening Gazette can reveal.
- The community complex has been at the centre of a legal wrangle for the past two years.
- The couple's ancient cottage was gutted by fire a year ago, but wrangles over insurance left them unable to rebuild it and as a result they have slipped into mortgage arrears.
- The continuing wrangles over who should pay for a new play area at Barrow Green, in Chippenham, may have been resolved for the moment.
- It is feared that further legal wrangles could now leave him trapped in an institution until he reaches the age 18.
- The boss of Bradford's privatised education service has reaffirmed its commitment to the district after a year-long behind-the-scenes wrangle over cash.
- A court wrangle over the legal parentage of the children will now be heard in the New Year in a unique case which is likely to raise a host of highly-complex moral and human questions.
Synonyms argument, dispute, disagreement, quarrel, row, fight, squabble, difference of opinion, altercation, angry exchange, war of words, shouting match, tiff tussle, brouhaha, fracas, rumpus, brawl, clash, scuffle, battle, war, feud controversy, uproar Irish, North American, & Australian donnybrook informal falling-out, set-to, run-in, shindig, shindy, dust-up, punch-up, scrap, spat, free-for-all, argy-bargy, ruckus, fisticuffs, ruction British informal barney, bunfight, ding-dong, bust-up, ruck, slanging match British informal, Football afters Scottish informal rammy North American informal rhubarb archaic broil, miff
verb ˈraŋɡ(ə)lˈræŋɡəl 1no object Have a long, complicated dispute or argument. 争吵；争论；争辩 the bureaucrats continue wrangling over the fine print Example sentencesExamples - While politicians wrangle, rangers continue working in a dangerous climate, and the parks are getting trashed.
- If realism is taken to mean ‘represents the world as it actually is’, then there is plenty of room for wrangling over what counts in this respect.
- That the situation has been intensified by wrangling over equipment is, however, entirely predictable.
- The couple, who are now living in rented accommodation in the village, spent most of last year wrangling with insurers.
- This is no time for wrangling but a moment for serious work.
- Scientists have been wrangling for decades about the precise reasons why we age.
- The audience line-ups continue to lengthen every year with spectators wrangling to find a chair in the 500-seat theatre.
- There they cleared the brush, wrangled with the authorities, stretched their credit and built a house.
- After a bit more wrangling, I decided that Mr. Manager had done me enough disservice to lose his service charge.
- Councillors from all three parties in Bolton have been wrangling over political power since the local elections on May 1 left a hung council.
- By the time you've finished arguing and wrangling though, you might feel like you need another holiday.
- After much debate and wrangling we got the new bridge back in the mid-1980s.
- This game was delayed for over a month due to wrangling over the venue, after the original fixture in Dublin fell foul of the weather.
- Unions and bosses have been wrangling for months within the company's western division over a new pay deal.
- The tenant said the young men immediately started to wrangle with their neighbours and left the building only when the police intervened.
- We wrangle over word choice, punctuation, and which is the fastest keyboard shortcut (scrolling vs. page down key).
- In another case, one couple has now been wrangling for a year with their builder over fixing a series of faults.
- The voting public was just getting interested in the debate when parties began wrangling about the costings on their manifestos.
- But wrangling over a £1m cash shortfall has delayed the plans by at least four to five months.
- There, they wrangled, argued and debated over the form the new government would take.
Synonyms argue, quarrel, row, have a row, bicker, squabble, have words, debate, disagree, have a disagreement, have an altercation, be at odds, bandy words contend, fight, have a fight, war, battle, feud, clash, grapple, brawl, spar, wrestle, tilt, come to blows, cross swords, lock horns, be at each other's throats, be at loggerheads informal fall out, scrap, go at it hammer and tongs, fight like cat and dog rare altercate, chop logic Scottish archaic threap 2North American with object Round up, herd, or take charge of (livestock) 〈美〉驱拢，放牧，看管（牲口） the horses were wrangled early 马被早早地赶拢到了一起。 Example sentencesExamples - Only yesterday, you'd have thought there was no way to wrangle that horse back into the barn.
- Bertus, an implausibly mature 16-year-old, rides at the rear as second guide and helps wrangle the loose horses.
- Head for the open range and learn how to wrangle dogies.
- He wintered for two years with mountain man Jake Hoover, then worked wrangling cattle.
- Later, he would join them riding, roping and wrangling cattle on the ranch.
- He wrangled horses for the Confederacy during the Civil War.
OriginLate Middle English: compare with Low German wrangeln, frequentative of wrangen 'to struggle'; related to wring. Rhymesangle, bangle, bespangle, dangle, entangle, fandangle, jangle, mangel, mangle, spangle, strangle, tangle, wangle, wide-angle Definition of wrangle in US English: wranglenounˈræŋɡəlˈraNGɡəl A dispute or argument, typically one that is long and complicated. （尤指长而复杂的）争吵，争论；争辩 an insurance wrangle is holding up compensation payments 保险争议使得赔付无法进行。 Example sentencesExamples - The boss of Bradford's privatised education service has reaffirmed its commitment to the district after a year-long behind-the-scenes wrangle over cash.
- The couple's ancient cottage was gutted by fire a year ago, but wrangles over insurance left them unable to rebuild it and as a result they have slipped into mortgage arrears.
- The community complex has been at the centre of a legal wrangle for the past two years.
- Since the attempts of the 70s, legal wrangles over ownership of the comic book hero had prevented production.
- He has been at the club too long and had to shut out too many protests and boardroom wrangles to let it throw him now.
- The continuing wrangles over who should pay for a new play area at Barrow Green, in Chippenham, may have been resolved for the moment.
- Talks over the scheme have been halted by legal wrangles, but drivers say that they will push for the systems to be in place within the next three to six months.
- The commission, which was set up in 2000, was initially scheduled to report this May, but was granted an extension to 2005 after a series of wrangles over legal fees and compensation.
- The launch of flights between Singapore and Jakarta, which has been stalled since May amid air traffic wrangles, is now scheduled for the end of this month.
- It is feared that further legal wrangles could now leave him trapped in an institution until he reaches the age 18.
- A sports store which burnt to the ground in a spectacular blaze may never reopen due to an insurance wrangle, the Evening Gazette can reveal.
- A legal wrangle over a seaside town's plans to honour one of its most famous sons with a commemorative plaque is set to be resolved today.
- A legal wrangle over a three-year-old unpaid bill for dealing with the foot-and-mouth cull has cost Cumbria's tax payers around half-a-million pounds.
- A court wrangle over the legal parentage of the children will now be heard in the New Year in a unique case which is likely to raise a host of highly-complex moral and human questions.
- Trained volunteers help those with learning difficulties ‘speak up for themselves’ in disputes, whether they are legal wrangles or a disagreement with a neighbour.
- The author's estate has been the subject of countless legal wrangles in recent years, as Stephen proved himself an ardent defender of both the copyright of the author's works and the family's privacy.
- Plans by the Government to buy the island and designate it as a national historic park have been dogged by controversy, including a legal wrangle over the past 20 years that went as far as the Supreme Court.
- Until the legal wrangles are resolved, the houseboat residents are paying their rent directly into a bank account.
- In 1999, council officers extended the school's capacity to three classes after wrangles with parents.
- Finally, include your home in a will that has been translated and officially recognised by local law, as failure to do this can lead to expensive and unnecessary legal wrangles down the line.
Synonyms argument, dispute, disagreement, quarrel, row, fight, squabble, difference of opinion, altercation, angry exchange, war of words, shouting match, tiff
verbˈræŋɡəlˈraNGɡəl 1no object Have a long and complicated dispute. Example sentencesExamples - But wrangling over a £1m cash shortfall has delayed the plans by at least four to five months.
- The voting public was just getting interested in the debate when parties began wrangling about the costings on their manifestos.
- The couple, who are now living in rented accommodation in the village, spent most of last year wrangling with insurers.
- The audience line-ups continue to lengthen every year with spectators wrangling to find a chair in the 500-seat theatre.
- After much debate and wrangling we got the new bridge back in the mid-1980s.
- Scientists have been wrangling for decades about the precise reasons why we age.
- There they cleared the brush, wrangled with the authorities, stretched their credit and built a house.
- By the time you've finished arguing and wrangling though, you might feel like you need another holiday.
- The tenant said the young men immediately started to wrangle with their neighbours and left the building only when the police intervened.
- After a bit more wrangling, I decided that Mr. Manager had done me enough disservice to lose his service charge.
- Councillors from all three parties in Bolton have been wrangling over political power since the local elections on May 1 left a hung council.
- In another case, one couple has now been wrangling for a year with their builder over fixing a series of faults.
- If realism is taken to mean ‘represents the world as it actually is’, then there is plenty of room for wrangling over what counts in this respect.
- This game was delayed for over a month due to wrangling over the venue, after the original fixture in Dublin fell foul of the weather.
- While politicians wrangle, rangers continue working in a dangerous climate, and the parks are getting trashed.
- There, they wrangled, argued and debated over the form the new government would take.
- Unions and bosses have been wrangling for months within the company's western division over a new pay deal.
- That the situation has been intensified by wrangling over equipment is, however, entirely predictable.
- We wrangle over word choice, punctuation, and which is the fastest keyboard shortcut (scrolling vs. page down key).
- This is no time for wrangling but a moment for serious work.
Synonyms argue, quarrel, row, have a row, bicker, squabble, have words, debate, disagree, have a disagreement, have an altercation, be at odds, bandy words 2North American with object Round up, herd, or take charge of (livestock) 〈美〉驱拢，放牧，看管（牲口） the horses were wrangled early 马被早早地赶拢到了一起。 Example sentencesExamples - Only yesterday, you'd have thought there was no way to wrangle that horse back into the barn.
- Later, he would join them riding, roping and wrangling cattle on the ranch.
- Head for the open range and learn how to wrangle dogies.
- He wrangled horses for the Confederacy during the Civil War.
- He wintered for two years with mountain man Jake Hoover, then worked wrangling cattle.
- Bertus, an implausibly mature 16-year-old, rides at the rear as second guide and helps wrangle the loose horses.
OriginLate Middle English: compare with Low German wrangeln, frequentative of wrangen ‘to struggle’; related to wring. |