ADJECTIVE | VERB + SQUABBLE | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤minor, petty小口角▸➤bitter, unseemly (BrE) 激烈的/不體面的爭吵▸➤domestic, family, marital家庭口角;夫婦間的爭吵➤political政治爭端▸➤internal, public內部爭執;公開爭吵VERB + SQUABBLE➤have爭吵▸➤resolve, settle解決/平息爭吵PREPOSITION➤squabble about, squabble over就⋯爭吵◇squabbles about money為錢發生的爭吵➤squabble among, squabble between⋯間的爭吵◇I always have to settle squabbles between the children.我總是得平息孩子們間的爭吵。➤squabble with與⋯的爭吵◇a squabble with her publisher over royalties就版稅問題與她的出版商產生的爭吵