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单词 wrangle
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wrangle

noun
/ˈræŋɡl/
/ˈræŋɡl/
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  1. an argument that is complicated and continues over a long period of time
    • wrangle between A and B a legal wrangle between the company and their suppliers
    • wrangle (with somebody) (over something) He is currently locked in a bitter wrangle with his wife over custody of the children.
    Extra Examples
    • The legal wrangle continues.
    • The two countries fell out in a bitter wrangle over imports.
    • The wrangle between the school and the local authority has gone on for two years.
    • a lengthy planning wrangle over the height of the building
    Topics Opinion and argumentc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • bitter
    • lengthy
    • long-running
    verb + wrangle
    • be drawn into
    • have
    wrangle + verb
    • ensue
    • continue
    preposition
    • in a/​the wrangle
    • wrangle between
    • wrangle over
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    Word Originlate Middle English: compare with Low German wrangeln, frequentative of wrangen ‘to struggle’; related to wring.

wrangle

verb
/ˈræŋɡl/
/ˈræŋɡl/
[intransitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they wrangle
/ˈræŋɡl/
/ˈræŋɡl/
he / she / it wrangles
/ˈræŋɡlz/
/ˈræŋɡlz/
past simple wrangled
/ˈræŋɡld/
/ˈræŋɡld/
past participle wrangled
/ˈræŋɡld/
/ˈræŋɡld/
-ing form wrangling
/ˈræŋɡlɪŋ/
/ˈræŋɡlɪŋ/
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  1. to argue angrily and usually for a long time about something
    • wrangle over/about something They're still wrangling over the financial details.
    • wrangle with somebody Police officers wrangled with the youths and then fired tear gas to force them back.
    • wrangle with somebody over/about something Britain was still wrangling with Brussels about the terms of its departure from the EU.
    Topics Opinion and argumentc2
    Word Originlate Middle English: compare with Low German wrangeln, frequentative of wrangen ‘to struggle’; related to wring.
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