tussles

英 [ˈtʌslz]

美 [ˈtʌslz]

n.  扭打，争斗，争执(尤指为了争得物品)
v.  扭打，争斗(尤指为了争夺物品)
tussle的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• V-RECIP 扭打;厮打
  If one persontussles withanother, or if theytussle, they get hold of each other and struggle or fight.
  1. They ended up ripping down perimeter fencing and tussling with the security staff...
     最终他们拆毁了四周的围栏，与保安人员厮打起来。
  2. He grabbed my microphone and we tussled over that...
     他抓住我的麦克风，我们为此扭打起来。
  3. James and Elliott tussled.
     詹姆斯和埃利奥特扭打成一团。
  4. Tussleis also a noun.
     
  5. The referee booked him for a tussle with the goalie.
     他和守门员拉扯，因而被裁判记名警告。
• V-RECIP 争夺;争抢;争斗
  If one persontussles withanother for something, or if theytusslefor it, they try to beat each other in order to get it.
  1. Pezzo tussled for fourth place with Orvosova...
     佩佐和奥尔沃索瓦为争夺第四名展开了激烈较量。
  2. Officials tussled over who had responsibility for the newly fashionable unemployment agenda.
     众官员为谁负责最近备受关注的失业议题一事争得不可开交。
  3. Tussleis also a noun.
     
  4. ...a legal tussle over who gets custody of the children.
     关于争夺孩子抚养权的法律纠纷
• VERB 全力应对;竭力解决
  If someonetussles witha difficult problem or issue, they try hard to solve it.
  1. He is tussling with the problem of what to do about inflation.
     他正全力应对如何解决通货膨胀的问题。

双语例句

• The Ho saga has prompted fresh scrutiny of other firms that will soon face succession tussles.
  何家的一系列争产事件已引发对即将面临继承纷争的其它公司全新的审视。
• And why only snakes? Cats, for instance, would be greatly helped; no running rights with large, fierce rats or tussles with grown rabbits-just a bite and no more effort needed.
  但是，为什么只有蛇才有毒液呢？如果猫有了毒液就会受益非浅，不必与凶猛的大老鼠追逐搏斗，也毋需与成年的兔子扭打不休，只要咬上一口就足够了。
• Mr Iacocca's eponymous memoir ends, after fierce tussles with critics who tried to stymie federal loan guarantees, with Chrysler put back on its feet by the US taxpayer.
  艾柯卡那部以他自己名字命名的回忆录以这样的事实收尾：在与试图阻止提供联邦贷款担保的批评人士进行激烈斗争后，克莱斯勒凭借美国纳税人的钱起死回生。
• Our community hopes to have learned from the experience to organize future projects so they will be less vulnerable to fluctuations and political tussles.
  我们的团队希望从这段经验中，学习如何组织未来的计画，使得它们不会因为种种变故和政争所害。
• Looked at one way, this could be one of the tussles between the legislative and the executive familiar from domestic debates over healthcare, taxes, stimulus spending and much else.
  一方面，这可能是人们所熟悉的立法机构与政府之间就医疗、税收、刺激支出以及其它许多国内争论的角力之一。
• To avoid another broken connection, Bharti is tiptoeing carefully round South African sensitivities tussles over control of the combined group snagged talks last time round.
  为避免关系再次破裂，bharti正小心翼翼地绕开南非的敏感问题围绕合并后集团控制权的争斗，是上次谈判触礁的原因所在。
• The magazine has had a series of tussles with Asian governments.
  该杂志曾与亚洲多国政府发生争执。
• They need no running fights with large, fierce rats or tussles with grown rabbits.
  它们不必奔跑着与大又凶的老鼠搏斗了，也不必跟大兔子扭斗了。
• One former insider says recent tussles looked as if the siloviki were paving the way for a takeover of power.
  一位曾是内部人士的知情者表示，最近的争斗看起来像是“强力集团”在为政权交接扫清道路。
• Similar tussles are playing out within governments across the region as they grapple with their protectionist instincts amid a pronounced slump in trade.
  整个亚太地区各国政府内部，都在上演类似的角力，在贸易额显著下滑之际，它们都在努力克制着自己的保护主义本能。