- tussle (for/over something)
a short struggle, fight or argument especially in order to get something 扭打,争斗,争执(尤指为了争得物品) He was injured during a tussle for the ball. 他在争球时受了伤。 There was a legal tussle over the closure of the hospital. 有一场关于关闭医院的法律纠纷。 She had a brief tussle with her conscience before telling the whole story. 在讲述整个故事之前,她与自己的良心进行了一次短暂的斗争。
Extra ExamplesTopics Opinion and argumentc2Five teams are involved in the tussle for promotion. 5支球队卷入了升级大战。 There is a tussle for power before the Congress convenes. 国会召开之前有权力的争斗。 a tussle between the country's parliament and government 该国国会和政府之间的争斗
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- brief
- little
- legal
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- have
- be engaged in
- be involved in
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- in a/the tussle
- tussle between
- tussle for
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Word Originlate Middle English (as a verb, originally Scots and northern English): perhaps a diminutive of dialect touse ‘handle roughly’ of Germanic origin and related to German zausen.