quibbling

英 [ˈkwɪblɪŋ] 美 [ˈkwɪblɪŋ]

v.  (为小事)争论，发牢骚; 斤斤计较; 吹毛求疵
quibble的现在分词

现在分词：quibbling

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柯林斯词典

  1. V-RECIP (为琐事)争辩，争吵
    When people quibble over a small matter, they argue about it even though it is not important.
    1. 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。
    2. Let's not quibble.
      我们别斤斤计较了。
  2. N-COUNT 牢骚;微不足道的抱怨
    A quibble is a small and unimportant complaint about something.
    1. These are minor quibbles.
      这些不过是发发小牢骚罢了。
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双语例句

  1. 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。
  2. JEM decided there was no point in quibbling and was silent.
    杰姆觉得跟他磨嘴皮子没意思，于是便不再做声了。
  3. I am not questioning your claim FOR navel expenses. It's such a small amount that ifs not worth quibbling about.
    我并不是对你所要求的旅费表示怀疑，这笔钱数目很小，不足挂齿。
  4. Quibbling about minor points of grammar;
    对语法的微小处吹毛求疵；
  5. Stop quibbling about the use of the comma.
    别再争辩逗号的用法了。
  6. 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。
  7. Perhaps that is just quibbling about an abuse of the English language albeit an abuse that seems both ubiquitous and unquestioned.
    这看起来只是对滥用英语揪住不放尽管这种滥用随处可见，并没有人提出质疑。
  8. Have done with your foolish quibbling.
    结束你那愚蠢的诡辩。
  9. What's a quibbling bitch.
    真是个麻烦的臭女人。
  10. This paper proceeds with most common sophistry in humor, and takes some examples to analyze that quibbling applies to humor comprehensively and unsubstitutably.
    本文从幽默中最常见的诡辩术入手，举例分析说明了诡辩运用于幽默的广泛性和不可替代性。
  11. Quibbling with Hu over China's alleged WTO trade rules violations will be a serious waste of time and only increase the tension.
    吹毛求疵的指责中国破坏世界贸易组织的规则只是在浪费时间并增加两国的紧张关系。
  12. It is sometimes argued that there is no point in studying philosophy as all philosophers ever do is sit around quibbling over the meaning of words.
    有人时不时地争辩说：研究哲学没有任何意义，因为哲学家们的所作所为，是围坐在一起，就词的意思吹毛求疵。
  13. Kissinger felt that Rogers was quibbling, but the lawyer in Nixon supported the quibble of a fellow lawyer.
    基辛格感到罗杰斯在挑刺儿。但是，律师事务所出身的尼克松支持他的同行的挑刺儿。
  14. This is small-scale quibbling masquerading as a major doctrinal dispute.
    这在一定程度上是一种伪装成重要学术争论的诡辩。
  15. But when the whole eurozone is in peril and the future of the European Union is at stake, it is no time to be quibbling about morally hazardous niceties.
    但是在整个欧元区都面临风险，甚至欧盟（eu）的未来都岌岌可危的当下，不应该对道德上存在风险的细枝末节斤斤计较。
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