squabble

基本释义

[noun] a noisy quarrel about something petty or trivial
[名词] 为微不足道或琐碎的事情而生的吵闹

深入解读

Squabble 一词可能拟声而来，最早于17世纪初出现在英语，即用来表示“争吵、口角”，主要指为一些微不足道或琐碎的事情而生的幼稚和不体面的争吵，并不一定意味着愤怒或怨恨，比如：

• 家庭口角
  a family squabble

用作动词时， squabble 相应也是指为微不足道或琐碎的事情“争吵”，常用搭配 squabble (with sb) (about/over sth) ，比如：

• 我不愿为5分小钱争吵。
  I won’t squabble over a nickel.
• 他与老板就谁付账问题发生争吵。
  He squabbled with his boss about who would pay the bill.

图书例句

All wars are in reality money squabbles.

一切战争实际上都是关于钱的争吵。

出自美国作家玛格丽特·米切尔（Margaret Mitchell）创作的长篇小说《飘》（Gone with the Wind）。

外刊例句

• Ultimately, whether big family firms will continue to defy expectations of their demise will depend on their ability to negotiate the rocks on which family businesses have a unique propensity to founder. One is the risk of squabbles among relatives.
  最终，大型家族企业能否继续令其终将衰落的预言成空，取决于它们能否跨过惟家族企业最易失足的山崖石阵。其中一大风险是亲戚相争、手足反目。
  ——《经济学人》
• These squabbles can lead to a self-reinforcing negative loop in which both people become fixated on winning, she said.
  她说，这些争吵可能会导致一种自我强化的负面循环，在这个循环中，双方都专注于获胜。
  ——《纽约时报》

常见短语

1. Family squabble: 家庭争吵
2. Constant squabbles: 不断的争吵
3. Petty squabbles: 小事争吵
4. Sibling squabbles: 兄弟姐妹争吵
5. Political squabbles: 政治争吵
6. Neighborhood squabbles: 社区争吵
7. Team squabbles: 团队争吵
8. Couple squabbles: 夫妻争吵
9. Work squabbles: 工作争吵
10. Business squabbles: 商业纠纷
11. Legal squabbles: 法律纠纷
12. Ongoing squabbles: 持续的争吵
13. Public squabbles: 公开争吵
14. Heated squabbles: 激烈的争吵
15. Endless squabbles: 无休止的争吵
16. Political party squabbles: 政党之间的争吵
17. Marital squabbles: 夫妻间的争吵
18. Internal squabbles: 内部纠纷
19. Budget squabbles: 预算争议
20. Border squabbles: 边界争端
21. Media squabbles: 媒体纠纷
22. Management squabbles: 管理层纠纷
23. Union squabbles: 工会争吵
24. Rivalry squabbles: 竞争对手的争吵
25. Schoolyard squabbles: 校园争吵
26. Ego-driven squabbles: 出于自我目的的争吵
27. Boardroom squabbles: 董事会争吵
28. Class squabbles: 阶级争吵
29. International squabbles: 国际争吵
30. Parental squabbles: 父母争吵
31. Union-management squabbles: 工会与管理层之间的争吵
32. Ideological squabbles: 意识形态争吵
33. Ownership squabbles: 所有权纠纷
34. Resource squabbles: 资源争夺
35. Political leader squabbles: 政治领导者的争吵
36. Team member squabbles: 团队成员之间的争吵
37. Land squabbles: 土地纠纷
38. Media personality squabbles: 媒体人物之间的争吵
39. Legal party squabbles: 法律当事人的纠纷
40. Community squabbles: 社区争吵
41. Sibling rivalry squabbles: 兄弟姐妹之间的竞争与争吵
42. Tribal squabbles: 部落争斗
43. Church squabbles: 教会纠纷
44. Government squabbles: 政府争吵
45. Labor union squabbles: 工会争吵
46. Cultural squabbles: 文化争议
47. Religious squabbles: 宗教纠纷
48. Ethnic squabbles: 种族争吵
49. Economic squabbles: 经济争议
50. Personal squabbles: 个人争吵

希望这些短语对你有所帮助！

深度学习

squabble (SKWAH bul) Also used either as a verb or a noun, a squabble is another way to say a verbal argument over something pretty trivial. Squabbles tend to be a bit more raucous (noisy) than disputes.

•On the day before Christmas, the two adults squabbled over who would get the last Scrabble set in the crowded toy store.

A squabble between a police officer and a motorist illegally parked in the crosswalk tied up traffic for over an hour on the usually deserted street.
——摘自《Fiske WordPower: The Most Effective System for Building a Vocabulary That Gets Results Fast》

机器翻译，仅供参考

同近义词

bicker: argue about petty and trivial matters

quarrel: a heated argument or disagreement, typically about a trivial issue and between people who are usually on good terms

wrangle: a dispute or argument, typically one that is long and complicated