1.The souls of emperors and cobblers are cast in the same mould. . . . The same reason that makes us wrangle with a neighbour causes a war betwixt princes.
皇帝和鞋匠的灵魂都是一个模子铸就,邻里纠纷的起因也和王子们相互征讨的缘由别无二致。
2.He belongs to that particular breed of Taiwanese music iconoclasts who studied abroad, speak more American than Chinese and know how to wrangle a tune out of guitar.
他属于那些特别反对台湾音乐偶像崇拜的艺人.他们通常在国外念书,说的语言英文居多而且知道如何从吉他弹出调调.
3.bargain or wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.).
讨价还价或争论(就价格、协议条款等)。
4.They were involved in a long legal wrangle over payment.
他们在付款问题上陷入长期纠纷。
5.And if Iraq policy descends, as it very well may, into a bitter wrangle between the executive and the legislature, the chances of bipartisan progress on domestic policy will look all the slimmer.
如果布什的对伊政策与民主党的建议大相径庭地话(很有可能时这种情况),那么行政机构与立法机构之间的分歧将不可避免,那么两党联手解决共同商讨解决国内事务的几率将微乎其微了。
6.Remind them of these things, and solemnly charge them in the presence of God not to wrangle about words, which is useless and leads to the ruin of the hearers.
提后2:14你要使众人回想这些事、在主面前嘱咐他们、不可为言语争辩.这是没有益处的、只能败坏听见的人。
7.To quarrel noisily, especially over a small matter; wrangle.
拌嘴大声争吵,尤指为小事;口角
8.Men will wrangle for religion; write for it; fight for it; die for it; anything but live for it.
人们会为宗教而辩论;为它而写;为它而斗;为它而死;为它作任何事,除了为它而生.
9."My mother is that kind the person which meets a minor matter not to be satisfactory can shout and wrangle."
“我母亲是那种遇到点小事不顺心就会大呼小叫的人。”
10.A diplomatic wrangle of Olympic proportions was avoided Sunday when Iranian world judo champion Arash Miresmaeili failed to make the weight for his clash with an Israeli opponent.
星期天,一场由奥运会分组问题而引起的外交冲突终因伊朗的柔道冠军体重不达标不能与同在一组的以色列对手比赛而避免。(此前,有谣言一度传言伊朗选手是因为民族和宗教原因而退出。)