n (1)争吵，吵嘴(angry disagreement or argument)[C]：[N(with)(about/over)]：have a～with one's girl-friend/one's flat-mate/one's neighbour与女友/室友/邻居吵嘴;A bitter/severe/endless～over border territory broke out. 发生了激烈/严重/无休止的边境领土争端。Their sudden～s are well known/have patched up/have gone for years. 他们之间突发的争吵人所共知/他们突发争吵之后重归于好/他们之间突发的争吵已持续多年。Betsy had a～with Sally about how they should spend their holiday.贝特西与萨利为他们如何度假的事吵了一架。〖同〗dispute，argument;〖反〗agreement，understanding;

(2)争吵的原因(理由)(reason for disagreement or argument)[C][N(with/against)]：have no～with sb's opinion/the proposal/the findings/what sb says对某人的看法/这项建议/研究结果/某人讲的话没有争论的理由;What is your～with the law? 你对法律有何异议? My～is with your definition.我对你所下的定义有异议。〖同〗complaint，objection;〖反〗agreement;

pick a quarrel with 与人发生争执：I don't want to pick a～with anyone.我不想与任何人发生争执。

vi (1)争吵，吵嘴(have argument with sb)[I，I+prep(with)(about/over)]：Stop～ling，girls! 姑娘们，别争吵了!The couple/brothers/friends～led.那对夫妇/兄弟们/朋友们吵了嘴。～with one's wife/one's stepmother/one's superiors/each other与妻子吵嘴/与继母吵嘴/与上级争执/相互争吵;The boys～led over the use of the tennis court/about the terms of their father's will.两个孩子对使用网球场地/父亲遗嘱的措辞发生口角。What are you～ling about(over)? 你们在吵什么呢? It was not worth～ling with him about it.就那件事与他吵架不值得。〖同〗argue，clash，conflict;

(2)对……提出异义，挑剔，抱怨(find fault in sth;complain)[I+prep(with)]：～with sb's analysis of the situation不赞成某人对形势的分析;～with sb's estimate of costs对某人关于费用的估计提出异议;～with sb's way of speaking 不赞成某人讲话的方式;I can't～with the statement/the account/the decision/the suggestion.我对声明/报告/决定/建议没有异议。We～led with his method，not with his goal.我们不赞成的是他的方法，不是他的目的。

→′quarrelsome adj 常争吵的，急脾气的;

【辨异】quarrel与argument 和row的区别见ARGUMENT。