quibbles

英 [ˈkwɪblz]

美 [ˈkwɪblz]

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
quibble的第三人称单数和复数

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.
  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。
• N-COUNT 牢骚;微不足道的抱怨
  Aquibbleis a small and unimportant complaint about something.
  1. These are minor quibbles.
     这些不过是发发小牢骚罢了。

双语例句

• And nobody quibbles because nobody speaks Latin so it is neutral for everybody.
  没有人再挑剔了，因为没有人说拉丁语，就对所有人都是中立的了。
• He earns twenty sous a day at an attorney's by penning quibbles.
  他在一个律师家里写讼词，每天已能赚二十个苏了。
• There are a few quibbles.
  对卡夫先生的书，我有几点吹毛求疵的意见。
• If the Iraqi people welcome allied forces as liberators rather than conquerors, then quibbles about legality may be overlooked.
  如果伊拉克人民以解放者而不是侵略者来欢迎美军，那么有关合法性的遁词可能被忽略了。
• There are all sorts of quibbles to be raised against this renewed emphasis on niceness.
  有各式的借口可提出来反对再次强调亲民姿态。
• But these are minor quibbles and are eclipsed by the benefits of being able to do what you need without lots of fuss, digging around in menus, or expensive software.
  但这都是些细枝末节，和它能够提供你所需要的功能，不必在菜单或价格高昂的大型软件中翻查的好处相比简直是微不足道。
• Not only does this give the product line a more uniform look, it also takes care of minor design quibbles.
  它不仅让整个系列产品看起来更加统一，还关注了微小的设计细节。
• But such quibbles may be missing the larger truth about golf course development in Hainan, and throughout much of China: the number of golf courses built has very little to do with the number of golfers available to play on them.
  不过，这种吹毛求疵可能忽略了海南和中国很多地区开发高尔夫球场的更重要事实：高尔夫球场的数量与选手的多少没什么关系。
• These are minor quibbles.
  这些不过是发发小牢骚罢了。
• However valid, these doubts and quibbles left the accord in limbo.
  然而实际上，诸如此类的怀疑和遁辞只会把协定打入冷宫。