squabble是什么意思，squabble怎么用
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📰 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》
—— 《纽约时报》
📖 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
I won't squabble over a nickel.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。
He squabbled with his boss about who would pay the bill.他与老板就谁付账问题发生争吵。
📚 名著用例
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 ）。》
🔍 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
