tussle

英 [ˈtʌsl]

美 [ˈtʌsl]

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)

复数：tussles　现在分词：tussling　过去式：tussled　第三人称单数：tussles　过去分词：tussled　

GRE

Collins.1 / BNC.19616 / COCA.22830

牛津词典

noun

• 扭打，争斗，争执（尤指为了争得物品）
  a short struggle, fight or argument especially in order to get sth
  1. He was injured during a tussle for the ball.
     他在争球时受了伤。

verb

• 扭打，争斗（尤指为了争夺物品）
  to fight or compete with sb/sth, especially in order to get sth
  1. The children were tussling with one another for the ball.
     孩子们在你抢我夺地争球。

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。

英英释义

noun

• disorderly fighting
  Synonym:hasslescuffledogfightrough-and-tumble

verb

• make messy or untidy
  1. the child mussed up my hair
  Synonym:muss
• fight or struggle in a confused way at close quarters
  1. the drunken men started to scuffle
  Synonym:scuffle

双语例句

• But this particular tussle is potentially important since it comes amid a wider regulatory debate about the agencies.
  但这场特别的争斗可能十分重要，因为值此之际，围绕这些评级机构正在进行一场更广泛的监管辩论。
• Lucy pushes Kim, and the officer breaks up the tussle.
  露西推倒了金姆，警员拉开打架的各方。
• That would allow the creditors to tussle over the assets and liabilities as they do in Chapter 11 bankruptcies.
  这样一来，债权人便能像第11章破产保护程序那样争夺资产和负债。
• The tussle to free the individual from the nanny state is still far from won.
  将个体从保姆式国家解放出来的斗争离胜利尚远。
• We have a tussle every year about where to go on holiday.
  我们每年都要为前往何处度假而争论一番。
• Tokyo claims Beijing deliberately withheld exports to Japan during a diplomatic tussle over disputed fishing grounds.
  日本政府声称，北京方面在两国就争议渔场发生外交冲突期间，故意阻止对日本的出口。
• But, as the tussle over Ukraine has shown, Russia and the west are rivals once again.
  然而，围绕乌克兰的争吵显示出，俄罗斯和西方又一次成为了对手。
• Quite as important as the tussle between regulators and shareholders is that between shareholders and their employees.
  与监管者和股东之间的斗争同样重要的是，股东与雇员之间的斗争。
• But the tussle between oil companies and oil-rich nations has implications far wider than prompting infighting among the companies.
  然而，石油公司和石油储量丰富的国家之间争议的影响，远远不止引发石油公司之间的内讧。
• The two teams started to tussle with each other.
  两队人马厮打了起来。