英 [ˈbɪkərɪŋ] 美 [ˈbɪkərɪŋ]
n. 争吵；争论
v. 争吵（bicker 的 ing 形式）
bicker /ˈbɪkə/ TEM8 [ bickering bickered bickers ]
相互动词 When people bicker, they argue or quarrel about unimportant things. (为琐事的) 吵嘴
I went into medicine to care for patients, not to waste time bickering over budgets.
我从医是为了治病救人，不是为了预算争吵而浪费时间。
...as states bicker over territory.
…当国与国之间为领土而争执不断时。
不可数名词 (为琐事) 吵嘴
The election will end months of political bickering.
这场选举将结束几个月以来的政治争论。
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俞二敏：真不抬杠(Bickering)，我说相声(Crosstalk)是专业嗜好，我副业还真不是干那个的，我的副业是给国家女排当老师。
... disagreeable不愉快的 bickering争吵 factious内讧的 ...
... 乖宝宝 chickabiddy 乖巧 bickering 乖张 contrariness ...
争吵不休的 » Bickering 只有自己好才是真正好。 » Only their own good is really good.
The election will end months of political bickering.
这场选举将结束几个月以来的政治争论。
The children are always bickering about something or other.
孩子们有事没事总是在争吵。
I went into medicine to care for patients, not to waste time bickering over budgets.
我从医是为了治病救人，不是为了预算争吵而浪费时间。
But there are fears that even when a new government does get eventually elected, political differences and bickering could endanger the fragile peace process.
VOA : standard.2010.07.29
I've heard a lot of stories about a lot of bickering at the kibbutz.
我听过许多发生在,以色列集体农场的争执与矛盾。
金融市场课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
Unfortunately, it didn't work very well because people started bickering in his town and the New Harmony became kind of a joke-- it was not a harmonious community.
但不幸的是，这座村落发展得并不顺利,矛盾争执丛生,新和谐村成了笑谈-,因为已经无谓和谐了。
金融市场课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
"The time for bickering is over," President Obama said. "The time for games has passed.
VOA : standard.2009.09.10
"The time for bickering is over. The time for games has passed.
VOA : standard.2009.09.28
Suppressed bickering could be heard throughout the set, and eventually both Burns and Hanley stomped off.
Commerce Committee Chairman John McCain (R-Ariz.) is bickering with the Treasury Department over delayed data.
Do I think the American people want the bickering to stop and the solutions to start?