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
- Family squabble: 家庭争吵
- Constant squabbles: 不断的争吵
- Petty squabbles: 小事争吵
- Sibling squabbles: 兄弟姐妹争吵
- Political squabbles: 政治争吵
- Neighborhood squabbles: 社区争吵
- Team squabbles: 团队争吵
- Couple squabbles: 夫妻争吵
- Work squabbles: 工作争吵
- Business squabbles: 商业纠纷
- Legal squabbles: 法律纠纷
- Ongoing squabbles: 持续的争吵
- Public squabbles: 公开争吵
- Heated squabbles: 激烈的争吵
- Endless squabbles: 无休止的争吵
- Political party squabbles: 政党之间的争吵
- Marital squabbles: 夫妻间的争吵
- Internal squabbles: 内部纠纷
- Budget squabbles: 预算争议
- Border squabbles: 边界争端
- Media squabbles: 媒体纠纷
- Management squabbles: 管理层纠纷
- Union squabbles: 工会争吵
- Rivalry squabbles: 竞争对手的争吵
- Schoolyard squabbles: 校园争吵
- Ego-driven squabbles: 出于自我目的的争吵
- Boardroom squabbles: 董事会争吵
- Class squabbles: 阶级争吵
- International squabbles: 国际争吵
- Parental squabbles: 父母争吵
- Union-management squabbles: 工会与管理层之间的争吵
- Ideological squabbles: 意识形态争吵
- Ownership squabbles: 所有权纠纷
- Resource squabbles: 资源争夺
- Political leader squabbles: 政治领导者的争吵
- Team member squabbles: 团队成员之间的争吵
- Land squabbles: 土地纠纷
- Media personality squabbles: 媒体人物之间的争吵
- Legal party squabbles: 法律当事人的纠纷
- Community squabbles: 社区争吵
- Sibling rivalry squabbles: 兄弟姐妹之间的竞争与争吵
- Tribal squabbles: 部落争斗
- Church squabbles: 教会纠纷
- Government squabbles: 政府争吵
- Labor union squabbles: 工会争吵
- Cultural squabbles: 文化争议
- Religious squabbles: 宗教纠纷
- Ethnic squabbles: 种族争吵
- Economic squabbles: 经济争议
- 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》
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争论（SKWAH bul）也可用作动词或名词，争论是另一种对一些非常琐碎的事情进行口头争论的方式。争吵往往比争执更吵。
•圣诞节前一天，两个大人为了谁能在拥挤的玩具店里拿到最后一套拼字游戏而争吵不休。
一名警察和一名非法停放在人行横道上的驾车者之间的争吵，在这条通常人迹罕至的街道上造成了一个多小时的交通堵塞。
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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
