单词	wrangle
释义	wrangle1 nounwrangle2 verb wranglewran‧gle1 /ˈræŋɡəl/ noun [countable] Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES wrangles over the budget EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Bureaucratic wrangles were conspicuous at every level. In the United States, a complex wrangle is taking place over a range of possible standards. The wrangle was finally resolved in January last year. The decisions of the union delegations will probably mean a continuing wrangle. The leisure centre has been at the centre of a compensation wrangle since serious building defects were discovered last year. The plan was to avoid annual parliamentary wrangles. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► bitter wrangle  a bitter wrangle over copyright ► legal wrangle  He was involved in a long legal wrangle with his employers. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► bitter · Thus began a long and bitter wrangle between Beck and the private power interests. a long and complicated argument SYN  battlewrangle over a bitter wrangle over copyrightwrangle with He was involved in a long legal wrangle with his employers. wrangle1 nounwrangle2 verb wranglewrangle2 verb Word Origin WORD ORIGINwrangle2 Origin: 1300-1400 Perhaps from Low German wrangeln ‘to fight, make a disturbance’ Verb Table VERB TABLE wrangle Simple Form Present I, you, we, they wrangle he, she, it wrangles Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they wrangled Present perfect I, you, we, they have wrangled he, she, it has wrangled Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had wrangled Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will wrangle Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have wrangled Continuous Form Present I am wrangling he, she, it is wrangling you, we, they are wrangling Past I, he, she, it was wrangling you, we, they were wrangling Present perfect I, you, we, they have been wrangling he, she, it has been wrangling Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been wrangling Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be wrangling Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been wrangling Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS As the wrangling has stretched into the new year, Clinton has moved up some in public esteem. He was wrangling for the best deal he could get and trying to ensure it would not be his last. In their last weekly meeting before the summer recess the commissioners wrangled over the final wording of the document. It follows years of wrangling over a controversial by-pass. Since the freehold all belonged to the boss, wrangling over ownership was beside the point. Sources say the parties are also wrangling over the length of the deal. The construction of this market has led to four years of wrangling that could yet scupper agreement. [intransitive] to argue with someone angrily for a long timewrangle over/about They are still wrangling over ownership of the house.wrangle with The various government departments are wrangling with each other.
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