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

• Conspiracy theories aside, tussles between activists and industrialists have held projects back.
  先不谈什么阴谋论，行动主义者与实业家之间的角力已导致若干工程搁浅。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Chinese martial arts film always implied the rooted Chinese cultural ethic which supported the whole spirit frame of a martial arts kingdom in its performing tussles and twisting story narration.
  中国武侠电影在它极具表演性的武术对打和曲折逶婉故事情节中，隐含一种根深蒂固的、中国式的文化伦理，它是支撑整个武侠王国的精神构架。
• China announced yesterday it will impose a second round of tariffs on imports of US chicken products of as much as 31.4 per cent, raising the temperature in the ongoing trade tussles between the two countries.
  中国昨日宣布将对从美国进口的肉鸡产品开征第二轮关税，税率最高达31.4%，此举导致两国之间的持续贸易角力升温。
• Both companies are involved in several tit-for-tat legal tussles over patent rights.
  两家公司都卷入了几次对专利权利的针锋相对的法律角力。
• 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。
• 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。
• The children's fate, even more than family finances, can be the source of the hottest legal tussles.
  孩子的命运比起家庭的财产来更是一个炙手可热的法律争端的根源。