| 单词 | quarrel |
| 释义 | quar·rel I. 1. 2. a. b. c. 3. 4. II. 1. a. < it is the apparent absence of this faith which is part of my quarrel with those critics — J.D.Adams > b. < so it would be prudent for both of us to agree now upon some compromise with each other, and not to push our postwar quarrel to extremes — A.J.Toynbee > 2. < a just quarrel > 3. obsolete a. b. c. Synonyms: < she hated any kind of quarrel … she shuddered at raised voices and quailed before looks of hate — Jean Stafford > wrangle may indicate noisy, insistent, discordant, futile disputation < spent three hours in an inconclusive wrangle over what was to be included in the communiqué to the press — J.P.Lash > < pleaded against any changes that might produce a partisan wrangle — New York Times > altercation usually indicates a determined verbal contention or dispute < a rapid altercation, in which they fastened upon each other various strange epithets — Stephen Crane > < the fights and violent altercations which grew out of impassioned discussion of the day's doings — Herbert Asbury > squabble may indicate a silly, puerile, wrangle over something petty < squabbles with his fellow faddists — L.P.Smith > bickering implies continuing irritable petulant verbal sparring < the bickering and squabbles of the state parties — Gerald Priestland > < whose bickerings with her husband become tiresome — Leslie Rees > spat may suggest a short lively dispute, perhaps over something trivial and perhaps ending quickly < had short spats with Hughie when he came in unnecessarily drunk — Ruth Park > tiff refers to a trivial ill-humored dispute, often without consequence < was just a passing tiff and that matters would speedily adjust themselves — P.G.Wodehouse > III. intransitive verb 1. < I have no compulsion to quarrel with a society that has permitted me to work for what I believe — M.W.Straight > 2. < quarreled with his new stepmother — Carl Bridenbaugh > < quarreled frequently with his superiors — London Calling > transitive verb 1. obsolete 2. Scotland 3. obsolete IV. dialect chiefly England |
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