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单词 wrangle
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wrangle
noun[C]
uk
/ˈræŋ.ɡəl/us
/ˈræŋ.ɡəl/
anargument,especiallyone thatcontinuesfor alongtime:
（尤指长时间的）争论，争辩
alengthywrangleabout/overcosts关于费用的长时间争论
Thejointventureendedin alegalwrangle between the twocompanies.这家合资企业最终陷入了两家公司间旷日持久的官司中。
Synonym
run-in(ARGUMENT)informal
More examples
  • The wrangle wasfinallyresolvedamicably.
  • Amotherfrom Cleveland is at thecentreof acourtwrangle over herchild.
  • Thearmedforceshave beenengagedin abitterwrangle with theauthoritiesoverpay.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Arguments & disagreements
  • argument
  • be (on) non-speakersidiom
  • belligerence
  • bickering
  • blow(someone/something)up
  • bust up
  • clash
  • conflict
  • contentiousness
  • contretemps
  • ding-dong
  • disagreement
  • dispute
  • dust-up
  • hostility
  • kerfuffle
  • misunderstanding
  • personality clash
  • spat
  • squabble
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wrangle
verb[I]
uk
/ˈræŋ.ɡəl/us
/ˈræŋ.ɡəl/
toarguewith someone about something,especiallyfor alongtime:
They had been wranglingwiththeauthoritiesabout/overparkingspaces.
The twocompaniesare still wrangling over thedetailsoftheirproposedcollaboration.
More examples
  • Afterweeksof wrangling in Florida, George Bushemergedas the 43rdPresidentof theUnitedStates.
  • Government,environmentalists, andutilitieswrangle over how tocutpollutionfrom the nation'spowerplants.
  • They wrangled about whethercompaniesshould berequiredtotreatstockoptionsas abusinesscost.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Arguing & disagreeing
  • agent provocateur
  • alienate
  • alienated
  • alienation
  • argumentatively
  • as a matter of factphrase
  • bandy
  • bet
  • bone
  • conflict
  • dicker
  • differ
  • dissent
  • hammer
  • make the fur flyidiom
  • setsomeoneagainstsomeone
  • shadowbox
  • shadowboxing
  • tangle
  • tangle withsomeone
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(Definition ofwranglefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
wrangle
noun[C]
uk
/ˈræŋ.ɡəl/us
/ˈræŋ.ɡəl/
anargument,especiallyone thatcontinuesfor alongtime
（尤指长时间的）争论，争辩
alengthywrangleabout/overcosts关于费用的长时间争论
Thejointventureendedin alegalwrangle between the twocompanies.这家合资企业最终陷入了两家公司间旷日持久的官司中。

wrangle| American Dictionary

wrangle
verb[I]
us
/ˈræŋ·ɡəl/
toargue, often in anoisyorangryway:
We have been wrangling with themanagementforweeksoverparkingspacesforemployees.
(Definition ofwranglefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofwrangle

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He enjoyed the latter task, but was occasionally involved in some time-consuming wrangles over money and clashes of personality.
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From 1929 to 1933 we were wrangling with them over the liquidation of the last war—reparations and disarmament.
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We cannot risk another period of wrangling, stalemate and disruption.
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He complained that we wrangled about the currency when everyone knew that currency was merely an excuse and not a reason.
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They wrangled at three sittings offering compromises on one side and criticisms on the other.
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I do not want planning inquiries turned into long legal wrangles at which justice would be denied, not given.
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We all thought that at last, after all these years of wrangling and fighting and preparing to fight, we had achieved peace.
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Obviously, this will result in many bitter wrangles in court and a great deal of dirty linen being washed.
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I do not want to become mixed up in either political or constitutional wrangles.
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Nevertheless, although there are wrangles in the home, the very difficulties encountered provide a deterrent to divorce.
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If we simply had an obligation, we would simply have legal wrangles.
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There is bickering, snarling and wrangling among them all the time.
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The legal wrangles have gone on for years, while thousands of pensioners have had to wait.
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Many legal wrangles will arise, and we shall not achieve the desired object.
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There has never been this wrangling as far as the trade is concerned.
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