quarrel [ 'kwɔrəl] n.争吵，吵架，口角
quarrel with 与…吵架
quarrel ['kwɔrəl] vi. 争吵,吵架
叫板 challenge; pick a quarrel
叫板 challenge; pick a quarrel
If we open a quarrel between the past and the present, we shall find that we have lost the future.
我们如果在过去和现在之间展开争吵，就会发现我们丧失了未来。
It's silly to quarrel over trifles.
在小事上争吵是愚蠢的。
Jim and Mary seem suited to each other, in spite of their quarrels.
吉姆和玛丽似乎是天生的一对，尽管他们会吵架。
Their quarrel dates back to last year.
他们去年就开始不和了。
A bad workman quarrels with his tools.手艺差的工人总是抱怨工具不好使。
“The biggest construction project of this century”, explained French President Francois Mitterand in January, 1986 as he and then British prime minister Margaret Thatcher jointly announced that the two countries would finally overcome ancient quarrels and prejudices and forge a link across the narrow Channel separating them.
1986年1月，法国总统弗兰西斯· 密特朗解释说：“这是本世纪最大的建设项目。”当时，他和英国首相玛格丽特·撒切尔一起宣布两国将克服一直以来的争论和偏见，铺设一条横穿分隔两国的狭长海峡的地下隧道。
The couple was quarreling furiously about whose turn it was to cook the dinner.
这对夫妇对该轮到谁做晚饭而激烈争吵着。
I got involved in a quarrel about the price.
我被卷入了一场有关价格的争吵。
A bad workman quarrels with his tools.
拙匠常怨工具差(人笨怨刀钝)。
An ill workman quarrels with his tools.
拙匠常怪工具差。
It takes two to make a quarrel.
要有两个人才吵得起来。
Quarrels of lovers but renew their love.
情人争争吵吵，自会言归于好。
The wolf has a winning game when the shepherds quarrel.
鹬蚌相争，渔翁得利。
Two quarrel and a third profits by it.鹬蚌相争，渔翁得利。
People generally quarrel because they cannot argue. ( Chesterton )
通常人们是因为不会辩理才吵架的。(切斯特顿)
Listen, you've picked the wrong person to quarrel with.
听着，你找错吵架的对象了。
bow out 不干了，退出
Mr. Black often quarreled with his partners, so he finally bowed out of
the company.
布莱克先生经常和同伙吵架，因此他终于退出了公司。
- play possum 装糊涂，装傻
He often quarrels with his wife. When he comes to me for advice, I can do nothing but play possum.
拌嘴 quarrel; squabble; bicker
找碴 find fault; pick a quarrel
拌嘴 [bàn zuǐ] /bicker/squabble/quarrel/
碴 [chá] /fault/glass fragment/quarrel/
吵 [chǎo] /to quarrel/to make a noise/noisy/to disturb by making a noise/
吵架 [chǎo jià] /to quarrel/to have a row/
吵嘴 [chǎo zuǐ] /(v) quarrel/
是非 [shì fēi] /right and wrong/quarrel/
{adj: endless, eternal, interminable} tiresomely long; seemingly without end
"endless debates"
"an endless conversation"
"the wait seemed eternal"
"eternal quarreling"
"an interminable sermon"
{adj: late, recent} of the immediate past or just previous to the present time
"a late development"
"their late quarrel"
"his recent trip to Africa"
"in recent months"
"a recent issue of the journal"
{adj: politic, smooth, suave, bland} smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication
"he was too politic to quarrel with so important a personage"
"the hostess averted a confrontation between two guests with a diplomatic change of subject"
"the manager pacified the customer with a smooth apology for the error"
"affable, suave, moderate men...smugly convinced of their respectability" - Ezra Pound
{adj: politic} marked by artful prudence, expedience, and shrewdness
"it is neither polite nor politic to get into other people's quarrels"
"a politic decision"
"a politic manager"
"a politic old scoundrel"
"a shrewd and politic reply"
<-> impolitic
{adj: profitless, unprofitable} without profit or reward
"let us have no part in profitless quarrels"- D.D.Eisenhower
"How weary, flat, stale, and unprofitable / Seem to me all the uses of this world"- Shakespeare
{adj: quarrelsome} given to quarreling
"arguing children"
"quarrelsome when drinking"
{adj: resolvable} capable of being settled or resolved
"all disputed points are potentially resolvable"
"a resolvable quarrel"
{adv: anymore, any longer} at the present or from now on; usually used with a negative
"Alice doesn't live here anymore"
"the children promised not to quarrel any more"
{adv: irreverently} in an irreverent manner
"in the seventeenth century England had known fifty years of doctrinal quarrels and civil war; clergymen had been turned from their cures, and churches irreverently used"
{adv: shamefacedly} in a shamefaced manner
"quarrels and dissensions ensued among the cast, most of whom hurriedly and shamefacedly handed over their parts to understudies"
{n: Henry II} first Plantagenet King of England; instituted judicial and financial reforms; quarreled with archbishop Becket concerning the authority of the crown over the church (1133-1189)
{n: Patroclus} (Greek mythology) a friend of Achilles who was killed in the Trojan War; his death led Achilles to return to the fight after his quarrel with Agamemnon
{n: affray, altercation, fracas} noisy quarrel
{n: amicability, amicableness} a disinclination to quarrel
{n: barratry} the offence of vexatiously persisting in inciting lawsuits and quarrels
{n: bicker, bickering, spat, tiff, squabble, pettifoggery, fuss} a quarrel about petty points
{n: bust-up} a serious quarrel (especially one that ends a friendship)
{n: crossbow} a bow fixed transversely on a wooden stock grooved to direct the arrow (quarrel)
{n: duel, affaire d'honneur} a prearranged fight with deadly weapons by two people (accompanied by seconds) in order to settle a quarrel over a point of honor
{n: exacerbation} violent and bitter exasperation
"his foolishness was followed by an exacerbation of their quarrel"
{n: feud} a bitter quarrel between two parties
{n: instigator, provoker, inciter, instigant, firebrand} someone who deliberately foments trouble
"she was the instigator of their quarrel"
{n: punch-up} a fistfight
"the quarrel ended in a punch-up"
{n: quarrel, wrangle, row, words, run-in, dustup} an angry dispute
"they had a quarrel"
"they had words"
{n: quarreler, quarreller} a disputant who quarrels
{n: quarrel} an arrow that is shot from a crossbow; has a head with four edges
{n: squabbler} someone who quarrels about a small matter
{v: brawl, wrangle} to quarrel noisily, angrily or disruptively
"The bar keeper threw them out, but they continued to wrangle on down the street"
{v: decide, settle, resolve, adjudicate} bring to an end ; settle conclusively
"The case was decided"
"The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff"
"The father adjudicated when the sons were quarreling over their inheritance"
{v: pick} provoke
"pick a fight or a quarrel"
{v: provoke, evoke, call forth, kick up} call forth
"Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the couple"
{v: quarrel, dispute, scrap, argufy, altercate} have a disagreement over something
"We quarreled over the question as to who discovered America"
"These tewo fellows are always scrapping over something"
{v: spat} engage in a brief and petty quarrel
When I had cried the worst of the disappointment out of me, I could hear my parents still quarreling over my first poem at the dinner table.
痛感失望的心情好过一些之后，我还能听见父母在餐桌旁为我那第一首诗争吵个不停。
Why are gas-guzzling Ford and GM suddenly quarreling over environmental correctness?
福特和通用这两个耗油大户因何突然争相充当环保先锋？
A:What's up, buddy? You sound a little down in dumps.
怎么了，哥们？你听起来好象情绪低迷啊。
B:I quarreled with my roommate last night. He is really stubborn
我昨晚和室友吵架了。他太倔了.
A:Calm down, Bill. Shouting won't help.
冷静Bill。喊不解决问题。
B:He's really outrageous.
他太过分了。
A:What did you do?
那你呢？
B:I shouted back of course.
我当然也喊来着
A:Hold it. Ryne. You won't accomplish anything by hollering at him, right? You're all worked up now. why not wait until you cool down a bit?
忍一忍。喊叫解决不了问题。你们现在都很激动。为什么不等你们冷静下来呢？
B:What would you do if you were in my shoes?
你是我的话会怎么办？
A:Just stay cool. You know. When you get back home tonight, tell him that you didn't mean to quarrel with him.
保持冷静。你知道，今晚你回家的时候，告诉他你不是真想和他吵。
B:No way, Marco. I mean it's not my fault.
没门，又不是我的错
A:I know. It won't hurt much to say sorry first. And after that, you can casually mention the problem. I'm sure he'll cooperate.
我知道。可先说抱歉又不损失什么。之后你可以慢慢地和他提这件事。我相信他会合作的。
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