Bickering的意思|Bickering的解释-里氏词典

bickering ['bikəriŋ]

n. 争吵,口角

The children are always bickering (with each other) (over their toys).
孩子们常常（为玩具）争吵.
The two boys were always bickering with each other over their toy guns.
这两个孩子总是互相为了玩具手枪而争吵。

bickering

[ noun ]
a quarrel about petty points
<noun.communication>

Bickering \Bick"er*ing\, n.
1. A skirmishing. ``Frays and bickerings.'' --Milton.

2. Altercation; wrangling.

Bicker \Bick"er\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bickered}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Bickering}.] [OE. bikeren, perh. fr. Celtic; cf. W. bicra
to fight, bicker, bicre conflict, skirmish; perh. akin to E.
beak.]
1. To skirmish; to exchange blows; to fight. [Obs.]

Two eagles had a conflict, and bickered together.
--Holland.

2. To contend in petulant altercation; to wrangle.

Petty things about which men cark and bicker.
--Barrow.

3. To move quickly and unsteadily, or with a pattering noise;
to quiver; to be tremulous, like flame.

They [streamlets] bickered through the sunny shade.
--Thomson.

Demoralized and split into bickering camps, the party is being written off as a contender in national politics.
In the football battle, the bickering sides will face off again soon in a Minneapolis federal court over the union's antitrust suit.
The bickering escalated late last year when raiders, thought to be from Transkei, attacked a Ciskei jail and freed Charles Sebe, the brother of Ciskei President Lennox Sebe.
Negotiations between NATO and Warsaw Pact nations on manpower cuts in Central Europe concluded on Thursday after more than 15 years of inconclusive bickering.
The results may also increase bickering with Kohl's often fractious three-party federal coalition.
He asked Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan to meet with congressional leaders to "sort out our technical differences so that we can avoid a return to unproductive partisan bickering."
Although several groups are working on developing national examinations, there is considerable political opposition to such a move and internal bickering by advocates over what kind of test should be given.
Seaga has raised $600 million in disaster relief from abroad, but there been bickering over relief distribution.
Campbell Soup Co., which has been torn by bickering among descendents of its founders, reported record second-quarter income and sales Thursday.
"We absolutely must avoid political bargaining over which party is going to grant the most help to farmers," he said. "We are going to try desperately to get a consensus on legislation and not have a lot of bickering within the halls of Congress.
Goodyear has taken precautions so that tires communicate with the driver on different frequencies from each other. That prevents tires from giving conflicting advice or bickering among themselves.
Now that the backroom bickering and political maneuvering are over, the future course of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries lies in the oil fields back home.
The judge in the assault trial of reputed mob boss John Gotti scolded the jury after learning members of the panel were bickering.
Reruns of BBC TV chat shows; US soaps and dramas; a new game show featuring bickering couples; and an item called Polly on the Trolley, with prizes.
The Janata Dal has been marked by almost continuous internal bickering since its founding in 1988, and the latest flap prompted a weekend flurry of consultations within the party.
Ameritech's Mr. Weiss worries that the country can't afford prolonged bickering because foreign information-service providers are invading the market through separate services.
Another loss would further weaken his power base and intensify bickering among the coalition partners.
Moreover, French pride in the watershed historical event did not prevent political bickering over how to remember it.
So now finally the stock and mutual insurance companies have put aside years of bickering to work together against DACs.
But no bipartisan agreement is in sight and both Democrats and Republicans bickering among themselves.
The navy and the police are bickering over which group should investigate the sinking.
China made a public expression of concern over the political bickering this week, but it was not clear if those statements affected Friday's developments.
It is the sound of traders bickering over shrunken bonuses and peeved deal makers cleaning out their desks to leave.
Symptomatic of their troubles was that after merging in April, labor bickering kept the Widget off the newsstands until September.
The bickering started almost immediately: High scores vs. high standards.
"I believe that partisan bickering or seeking political advantage can only impede our progress in seeking to achieve a drug-free America," the president said.
But the current bickering over Palestinian representation, now the main impediment to convening the peace conference, should disabuse them of this notion.
However, implementation has been delayed by bickering between the ANC and the government over details.
Chancellor Helmut Kohl on Monday blamed one of his party's worst state election losses in years on bickering within his coalition government and backlash from a political dirty tricks campaign.
Until recently, such bickering was ignored internally and kept from public view.

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