tussle
['tʌs.l] verb intransitive
DISAGREE 不同意
■to have difficult disagreements or strong arguments （激烈地）争执，争辩•During his twelve years in Congress he has tussled with the chemical, drug and power companies on behalf of the ordinary person's right to breathe clean air.在国会任职的12年里，为维护普通百姓呼吸清洁空气的权利，他作为代表与化工、医药、电力公司进行了激烈的斗争。 •The residents are still tussling over the ever-scarcer street parking.居民仍为争取日益紧缺的街头停车位而争吵。
['tʌs.l] verb intransitive
FIGHT 打架
■to fight with another person using your arms and body 扭打，揪扯•The boys started to tussle in the corridor.男孩们开始在走廊里扭打起来。
['tʌs.l] verb intransitive
Phrasal Verbs tussle with sth informal
■to try hard to understand or deal with a difficult idea or problem 努力理解；尽力对付•It's an idea that I've been tussling with for quite a while.这个想法我已考虑了很久。
['tʌs.l] noun
DISAGREEMENT 不同意
countable
■a difficult disagreement or violent argument （激烈地）争执，争辩•a boardroom/bureaucratic/legal tussle会议室里／官僚主义／法律上的争执 •There followed a long tussle for custody of the children.随后便发生了为孩子监护权而进行的长期争夺。
['tʌs.l] noun
FIGHT 打架
countable usually singular
■a fight with another person using your arms and body 扭打，揪扯•From the state of his clothes and hair, he had been in a tussle.看他的衣服和头发，他与人发生过扭打。 |