V-RECIP If you say that someone is wrangling with someone over a question or issue, you mean that they have been arguing angrily for a long time about it. (长时间的) 争吵
The two sides have spent most of their time wrangling over procedural problems.
双方花了大部分的时间争论程序上的一些问题。
The struggles and wrangles of the lads for her hand in a jig were an amusement to her—no more; and when they became fierce she rebuked them.
小伙子们竞相争着要同她跳一曲吉格舞只让她感到好笑——仅此而已；当他们闹得凶了，她就责备他们。
Poland and Lithuania could settle their still-festering differences (mainly arcane wrangles about spelling) on February 2nd.
波兰和立陶宛本可在2月2号这天解决他们一直在恶化的分歧(主要是有关拼写的争论)。
But the result was quick and clean, sidestepping legal wrangles over liability and avoiding tapping taxpayers for a bail-out.
但是很快结果就出来了，而且很合理：没有为法律责任划分而喋喋不休地争吵，不会为了救济银行而动用纳税人财富。
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