quibbling

基本解释

• n. 诡辩；找碴子；吹毛求疵
• adj. 吹毛求疵的
• v. 推托；说模棱两可的话（quibble的ing形式）

同根派生

英汉例句

双语例句

• Someone will immediately start quibbling that “eastern” Europe doesn’t exist.
  立马有人吹毛求疵：何来“东欧”一说？
• That is, perhaps, quibbling, but my main complaint about your question is more serious.
  这可能是在诡辩，但对于你的问题，我的主要不满则更为严肃。
• Freed from the pettifogging concerns of quibbling lawyers and self-serving politicians, goes the argument, he can concentrate on eradicating extremism.
  有个论调说，摆脱了吹毛求疵的律师和自私的政客们的所谓的关心，他能够集中精力根除极端主义。
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权威例句

• It is time to stop quibbling and achieve real efficiencies in pensions and medical care.
  FORBES: Nikkei's Agenda for the Noda Government
• On the third such occasion, the bum suggested a pose, which Rousselot accepted without quibbling.
  NEWYORKER: Álvaro Rousselot’s Journey
• Should a major terrorist event occur, however, the lawmakers' quibbling over the bill could become academic.
  ECONOMIST: American lawmakers are at odds over terrorist insurance

词组短语

短语

• none of your quibbling 不要再支支吾吾

英英字典

柯林斯英英字典

• When people quibble over a small matter, they argue about it even though it is not important.
• A quibble is a small and unimportant complaint about something.