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

• 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。
• The tussle began last month as a relatively trivial but highly public back-and-forth over which company had the lowest prices on the most anticipated new books and DVDs this fall.
  双方在一些生活相关物品上的价格战早在上个月就已开始，在一些今秋最令人期待的新图书和DVD等商品方面都发布了最低价格。
• 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。
• I had a tussle to get the knife off him.
  我与他扭打一阵才把刀子夺下。
• The tussle over PAYGO is the opening salvo of a debate that will define the new Congress.
  关于现收现付制的争论，已成为国会辩论的开幕礼炮，也将定下新一届国会的基调。
• League referee Keith Cooper booked him in the first half for a tussle with the goalie.
  联赛裁判基思·库珀在上半场因他与守门员抢球犯规而对他记名警告。
• 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。
• 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。
• Before he chose to tell the truth he tussle with his conscience.
  在他决定讲实话之前，进行了一番良心上的斗争。
• Europe and the US must be prepared for a new, similarly extended tussle.
  欧洲和美国必须准备好投身一场新的、同样旷日持久的斗争。