quibble
英 [ˈkwɪbl]
美 [ˈkwɪbl]
v. (为小事)争论，发牢骚; 斤斤计较; 吹毛求疵
n. (无足轻重的)抱怨，牢骚，小意见
复数：quibbles 现在分词：quibbling 过去式：quibbled 第三人称单数：quibbles 过去分词：quibbled
BNC.21011 / COCA.19608
同义词辨析
carpbellyachecavilquibble【导航词义：挑剔】
carpv. 挑剔，吹毛求疵
〔辨析〕
指不停地抱怨某事物，令人厌烦，常后接 at sb 或 about sth。
〔例证〕
Please stop carping at me.
请别再挑我的毛病了。
She always finds something to carp about.
她老是吹毛求疵。
请别再挑我的毛病了。
She always finds something to carp about.
她老是吹毛求疵。
bellyachev. 〈非正式〉发牢骚，抱怨
〔辨析〕
尤指对琐事发牢骚，常后接介词 about。
〔例证〕
He bellyaches about the job.
他对工作满腹牢骚。
She is bellyaching about the food.
她对饭菜很有怨言。
他对工作满腹牢骚。
She is bellyaching about the food.
她对饭菜很有怨言。
cavilv. 〈正式〉无端指责，吹毛求疵
〔辨析〕
指对某人或某事物求全责备，不讲道理，常后接介词 at。
〔例证〕
He cavilled at everything.
他事事挑剔。
They cavilled at our statement.
他们对我们的声明无端指责。
他事事挑剔。
They cavilled at our statement.
他们对我们的声明无端指责。
quibblev. 发牢骚，吹毛求疵
〔辨析〕
指对无关紧要的事斤斤计较，常后接介词 about/over。
〔例证〕
Don't quibble about unimportant things with me.
别为无关紧要的事和我斤斤计较。
She tends to quibble over minor details.
她常为一些细枝末节而发牢骚。
别为无关紧要的事和我斤斤计较。
She tends to quibble over minor details.
她常为一些细枝末节而发牢骚。
牛津词典
verb
- （为小事）争论，发牢骚；斤斤计较；吹毛求疵
to argue or complain about a small matter or an unimportant detail- It isn't worth quibbling over such a small amount.
不值得为这样的小数目斤斤计较。
- It isn't worth quibbling over such a small amount.
noun
- （无足轻重的）抱怨，牢骚，小意见
a small complaint or criticism, especially one that is not important- minor quibbles
小牢骚
- minor quibbles
柯林斯词典
- V-RECIP (为琐事)争辩，争吵
When peoplequibble overa small matter, they argue about it even though it is not important.- Council members spent the day quibbling over the final wording of the resolution...
委员会成员一整天都在为决议的最终措词争论不休。 - Let's not quibble.
我们别斤斤计较了。
- Council members spent the day quibbling over the final wording of the resolution...
- N-COUNT 牢骚;微不足道的抱怨
Aquibbleis a small and unimportant complaint about something.- These are minor quibbles.
这些不过是发发小牢骚罢了。
- These are minor quibbles.
英英释义
noun
- an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections
verb
- argue over petty things
- Let's not quibble over pennies
- evade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objections
双语例句
- Another small quibble is that, for all its completeness, the book stops short of introducing popular advanced approaches to business decisions, such as real options and balanced scorecards.
另外，在完整性方面，本书没有介绍到流行的业务决策方法，比如实际期权法和平衡计分卡。 - The quibble is in the details.
有所怀疑的是细节问题。 - Such a quibble did not trouble Livingston and his friends.
这种诡辩并没有把利文斯顿和他的朋友难倒。 - You might quibble over just how useful useful() is, or whether addspam() is really such a good enhancement, but at least the mechanisms follow the pattern you will typically see in useful decorators.
addspam（）真的是那样出色的增强吗？但这种机制至少符合您通常能在有用的decorator中看到的那种模式。 - Let's not quibble.
我们别斤斤计较了。 - He was enough of a pragmatist, and opportunist, not to quibble.
他已经做够了实用主义者、机会主义者，不想再吹毛求疵。 - "when Heaven gives a sign, a wise man does not quibble."
“既然老天爷给了启示，聪明人是决不含糊的。” - You could quibble whether the car actually is the future.
你可能会挑剔这车到底能否代表未来。 - But can you quibble with Toyota shares 'value?
但你能挑剔丰田股票的价值吗？ - Who can resist lines like these, or cares to quibble whether they can be defined as verse?
谁能抗拒这样的诗句，还去斤斤计较这能不能称为诗？