释义 |
wrangle1 nounwrangle2 verb wranglewrangle2 verb  wrangle2Origin: 1300-1400 Perhaps from Low German wrangeln ‘to fight, make a disturbance’ VERB TABLEwrangle |
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 |
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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 |
- 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. |