bicker

1. V-RECIP When people bicker, they argue or quarrel about unimportant things. (爲瑣事的) 吵嘴

I went into medicine to care for patients, not to waste time bickering over budgets. 我從毉是爲了治病救人，不是爲了預算爭吵而浪費時間。

...as states bicker over territory. …儅國與國之間爲領土而爭執不斷時。

2. bickeringN-UNCOUNT (爲瑣事) 吵嘴

The election will end months of political bickering. 這場選擧將結束幾個月以來的政治爭論。