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词汇 wrangle
释义 wrangle
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈræŋ.ɡəl/ us /ˈræŋ.ɡəl/
an argument, especially one that continues for a long time: (尤指长时间的)争论,争辩
a lengthy wrangle about/over costs关于费用的长时间争论
The joint venture ended in a legal wrangle between the two companies.这家合资企业最终陷入了两家公司间旷日持久的官司中。
I had a wrangle with a web designer who had ignored pretty much everything I told him.
Synonym
run-in(ARGUMENT)informal
The wrangle was finally resolved amicably.
A mother from Cleveland is at the centre of a court wrangle over her child.
The armed forces have been engaged in a bitter wrangle with the authorities over pay.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Arguments & disagreements
argument
argy-bargy
be (on) non-speakersidiom
belligerence
bickering
blow (someone/something) up
bust up
clash
conflict
contentiousness
ding-dong
dispute
dust-up
hostility
kerfuffle
logjam
misunderstanding
rhubarb
ructions
spat
wrangle
verb
uk /ˈræŋ.ɡəl/ us /ˈræŋ.ɡəl/

wrangleverb (ARGUE)


[ I ]
to argue with someone about something, especially for a long time:
They had been wrangling with the authorities about parking spaces.
The two companies are still wrangling over the details of their proposed collaboration.
Government, environmentalists, and utilities wrangle over how to cut pollution from the nation's power plants.
They wrangled about whether companies should be required to treat stock options as a business cost.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Arguing & disagreeing
agent provocateur
alienate
alienated
argue with someone
argumentatively
bone
conflict
flame
hammer
lock hornsidiom
non-circular
non-consensual
pick
piggy in the middle
provocateur
quarrel
quibble
says who?idiom
the fur fliesidiom
throw

wrangleverb (DEAL WITH)


[ T ]mainly US
to take care of, control, or move animals, especially large animals such as cows or horses:
The young rancher goes wrangling cattle to earn some money.
He sold most of his belongings and drove to Wyoming to wrangle horses at a ranch.
[ T+ adv/prep ]
to move a person or thing somewhere, usually with difficulty or using force:
She wrangled the children into their seats in the back of the car.
They were arrested and wrangled into the police car.
[ I or T ]informal
to take care of or deal with someone or something, usually when this is difficult:
I was raised in a house where my father worked long hours, and my mother stayed home, wrangling kids, cooking, cleaning, washing clothes.
She has to wrangle classes of over 30 students.
He was wrangling with the issue of whether to sign the contract or not.
The men acted as porters and wrangled the heavily-packed llamas.
I dreaded the thought of having to wrangle two huge suitcases on my own.
He starts his new job soon and won't be around to help wrangle the kids.
She continues to pursue interesting projects whilst wrangling two small children.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Animal farming - general words
animal husbandry
aquaculture
aquaponics
bedding
beekeeping
dip
drove
grazing
hand-rear
hand-reared
heeler
herd
paddock
semi-domestication
shear
shearing
sheep shearing
sheepdog
shepherd
slaughter

You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:


Pushing and shoving
Controlling and being in charge

wrangleverb (GET)


[ T ]
to succeed in getting something by persuading someone or by being clever in some way:
Breaking with usual hospital practice, he wrangled permission to follow his patients into the operating theatre.
She managed to wrangle an invitation to the White House concert.
Synonym
wangle
It looks as though the company has wrangled a good deal with the banks.
Somehow they managed to wrangle funds for the trip.
It was remarkable that some of the least powerful countries on earth managed to wrangle any concessions at all out of the Americans at the World Trade Organization negotiations.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Getting, receiving and accepting
acquirable
acquire
acquisition
awardee
carve
draw
earn
get back
get out of something
get/lay/put your hands on someoneidiom
glom onto something/someone
go to someone
pocket
score
screw
screw something out of someone
secure
seize
seize on/upon something
snap something up

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wrangling

wrangle | American Dictionary


wrangle
verb[ I ]
us/ˈræŋ·ɡəl/
to argue, often in a noisy or angry way:
We have been wrangling with the management for weeks over parking spaces for employees.

Examples of wrangle


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He enjoyed the latter task, but was occasionally involved in some time-consuming wrangles over money and clashes of personality.
From 1929 to 1933 we were wrangling with them over the liquidation of the last war—reparations and disarmament.
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We cannot risk another period of wrangling, stalemate and disruption.
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He complained that we wrangled about the currency when everyone knew that currency was merely an excuse and not a reason.
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They wrangled at three sittings offering compromises on one side and criticisms on the other.
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I do not want planning inquiries turned into long legal wrangles at which justice would be denied, not given.
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We all thought that at last, after all these years of wrangling and fighting and preparing to fight, we had achieved peace.
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Obviously, this will result in many bitter wrangles in court and a great deal of dirty linen being washed.
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I do not want to become mixed up in either political or constitutional wrangles.
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Nevertheless, although there are wrangles in the home, the very difficulties encountered provide a deterrent to divorce.
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If we simply had an obligation, we would simply have legal wrangles.
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There is bickering, snarling and wrangling among them all the time.
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The legal wrangles have gone on for years, while thousands of pensioners have had to wait.
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Many legal wrangles will arise, and we shall not achieve the desired object.
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There has never been this wrangling as far as the trade is concerned.
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