quibbling
基本解釋
- n. 詭辯；找碴子；吹毛求疵
- adj. 吹毛求疵的
- v. 推托；說模稜兩可的話（quibble的ing形式）
英漢例句
- Someone will immediately start quibbling that “eastern” Europe doesn’t exist.
立馬有人吹毛求疵：何來“東歐”一說？ - That is, perhaps, quibbling, but my main complaint about your question is more serious.
這可能是在詭辯，但對於你的問題，我的主要不滿則更爲嚴肅。 - Freed from the pettifogging concerns of quibbling lawyers and self-serving politicians, goes the argument, he can concentrate on eradicating extremism.
有個論調說，擺脫了吹毛求疵的律師和自私的政客們的所謂的關心，他能夠集中精力根除極耑主義。
ecocn.org - 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
雙語例句
權威例句
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.