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单词 squabble
释义
squabble
noun[C]
uk
/ˈskwɒb.əl/us
/ˈskwɑː.bəl/
anargumentover something that is notimportant:
口角；（为琐事的）争吵
Polly and Susie werehavinga squabble about who was going toholdthe dog'slead.波莉和苏茜在为谁来牵狗而争吵。
Oftenrelationshipsbetweenfamilymembersare sostrainedthat squabblesbreakout.
Synonyms
spat
tiffinformal
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
an argument
  • argumentI don't want to get into an argument with you about this.
  • disagreementThere was a disagreement over who should pay the bill.
  • quarrelThere were bitter quarrels between the two neighbours.
  • rowUKMy parents had a row about money.
  • squabbleI'm always dealing with squabbles between the children.
  • tiffShe had a tiff with her boyfriend last night.
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More examples
  • There is anyeasyway to endtheirfamilysquabble.
  • Parents oftentrytoavoidsquabbles byplayinggameswiththeirchildren.
  • Hesettlesthe squabble over the wordgamebydisqualifyingthe word "jader".
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
  • wrangle
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squabble
verb[I]
uk
/ˈskwɒb.əl/us
/ˈskwɑː.bəl/
toargueover something that is notimportant:
Whensmallchildrenaretiredthey are morelikelyto squabblewitheach other.
They are still squabblingoverwho will get thebigoffice.
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
to argue with someone
  • argueThe kids are always arguing about something.
  • have an argumentI had an argument with my sister.
  • fightThe two sides continue to fight over control of the assembly.
  • quarrelStop quarrelling, you two!
  • rowUKMy parents were always rowing about money.
  • squabbleThey are still squabbling over who will get the big office.
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More examples
  • Thechildrenhave been squabbling allmorning.
  • Thecouplespentmost oftheirtimesquabbling among themselves.
  • They are squabbling about how to use themoney.
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 ofsquabblefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
squabble
noun[C]
uk
/ˈskwɒb.əl/us
/ˈskwɑː.bəl/
anargumentover something that is notimportant
口角；（为琐事的）争吵
Polly and Susie werehavinga squabble about who was going toholdthe dog'slead.波莉和苏茜在为谁来牵狗而争吵。

squabble| American Dictionary

squabble
noun[C]
us
/ˈskwɑb·əl/
adisagreement, often about anunimportantmatter:
familysquabbles withyourbrothersandsisters

squabble

verb[I]us
/ˈskwɑb·əl/
They squabbled about how themoneywould bespent.
(Definition ofsquabblefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsquabble

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Rather, questions of trust, family and partnership squabbles, and inheritance problems were paramount.
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In the civil court, however, people squabbled over capital, be it money, real estate or land.
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Are we bound to end up with squabbling reviews and overlooked evidence?
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This bureaucracy functioned well even though its members were obsessed with petty squabbles over issues of honour, prestige, and precedence.
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Whatever dust-ups and squabbles there may be along the way, science is an essentially co-operative venture.
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The results of these past thirty years are not easily summarized, particularly in view of the unresolved methodological squabbles of the 1970s and 80s.
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His greatest irritation was reserved for the ecclesiastical factions, which damaged the church's power and popular attractiveness by squabbling among themselves about doctrine and ritual.
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We don't talk about political parties that are squabbling all the time, splitting off from one another.
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Representing diverse ethnic groups, they lacked common goals or visions and were thus plagued by internal rivalry and squabbles.
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The struggle was fundamentally about political predominance, though it often took the form of squabbles over education and the use of language.
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Problems also arose from establishing parties 'from above', without the essential base of a mass movement concerned to criticise society, and worlds away from the squabbling trade union movements.
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Andrew certainly finds the current version: the perennial 'processual v. postprocessual'squabble, unrewarding, recognizing the merits of both sides.
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A number of others were ruined through legal battles with each other or through squabbles over inheritance and partition sparked by the escalating commercial values of their holdings.
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Theirs was a world of learning, of scholarly disputation, and hard graft in practice, as well as often a world of edgy competition, squabbles and anxiety.
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Lutheran parsonages were intended to be exempla of domestic propriety, but evidence suggests that clergy wives often struggled to maintain their status or stay out of local squabbles.
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