- 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。
1
- no obj. have such a dispute or argument争吵; 争论; 争辩:
as noun wrangling weeks of political wrangling.连续几周的政治争论。
2
- with obj. US 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。
词源
late Middle English: compare with Low German wrangeln, frequentative of wrangen 'to struggle'; related to WRING.