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quibble

/kwib-uhl/US // ˈkwɪb əl //UK // (ˈkwɪbəl) //

狡辩,争辩,调侃,争论不休

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an instance of the use of ambiguous, prevaricating, or irrelevant language or arguments to evade a point at issue.
    • : the general use of such arguments.
    • : petty or carping criticism; a minor objection.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    quib·bled, quib·bling.

    • : to equivocate.
    • : to carp; cavil.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbdisagree over minor issues
Forms: quibbling
Synonyms
bicker争吵,争论不休,争吵不休,斗嘴carp鲤鱼,鲫鱼,鲩鱼,鲤鱼的spar疏通,疏散,疏导,疏于管理squabble争吵,拌嘴,争吵声,怄气waffle华夫饼,华夫饼干,华夫,华芙wrangle争吵,争执,争辩,争论altercate争吵,争论,争辩,争吵声argufy争论,争辩,辩称,争论不休avoid避免,避开,避免使用,避免了cavil洞穴,穴位,穴居,蛀牙chicane驰道,岔路口,岔道,岔道口criticize批评,批判,指责,说三道四dispute纠纷,争端,争议,争执equivocate拐弯抹角,含糊其辞,模棱两可,拐弯抹角的evade躲避,回避,避开,逃避fence栅栏,篱笆,围墙,围栏flip-flop触发器,触发开关,拨动电话,触发式hassle烦人,烦扰,纠缠不清,纠结pettifog彼得菲格,彼得菲戈,宠儿pretend假装,装作,装扮,假设prevaricate推诿,推诿扯皮,搪塞,推诿责任shift移位,转移,移,轮班argue over争论,争论不休,争辩,争吵blow hot and cold忽冷忽热,吹毛求疵,忽冷忽热地吹,忽冷忽热地吹嘘catch at straws捉襟见肘,抓紧时间,抓药,捉摸不透have at it来吧,随意,随手拈来,随手hem and haw支支吾吾,支支吾吾的,折腾来折腾去,支支吾吾的说hypercriticize过度批判,过度批评,超批判,超批判性make a big thing about大做文章,大谈特谈,大肆宣扬,大做文章的nit-pickparalogize谱系化,旁系化,谱系化处理,旁系亲属put up an argument辩论,辩解,争辩,争论不休set to设为,设置为,设定为,定为split hairs钻牛角尖,分裂的毛发,分裂的头发,钻空子talk back顶嘴,回嘴,回话,顶撞

Examples

  • Forget any semantic quibbles over the meaning of the term “insurrection.”

  • Labor historian Nelson Lichtenstein says Big Tech has a tendency to lean on its transformational image to paper over any labor complaints and minimize them as quibbles that are impeding the evolution of the world.

  • Michael Dobbs makes a splendid case that Nixon was “an American tragedy,” though I have a quibble.

  • While it does take a few jujitsu-like maneuvers to fold the rear seats completely flat, this is a minor quibble.

  • A weird thing to quibble about, considering he is a moon landing denier.

  • There are several other things in the Wiki vs. doctors article to quibble about, which the authors generously note.

  • This quibble aside, “Breakfast with Mugabe” offers food for thought.

  • You can quibble about beginnings, middles and ends but what we're talking about is over a year ago.

  • You can quibble with the “vast” part, I guess, depending on how you define that word.

  • Because of a quibble on his part this loathsome thing would ruin his future, dash his hopes to the ground, blacken his life.

  • He saw that the reason which he had given for disbelief was untenable, and he was too straightforward to quibble about it.

  • He had hoped for a vigorous denial on Thorpe's part, but this halfway confession seemed to him a mere quibble.

  • That's a mere quibble, Miss Bridgeman: the association is just the same, and she ought to feel it.

  • Professor Holcomb was a man of terse, heavy thinking; he spoke what he thought and he did not quibble.