quibbling

['kwibliŋ]

adj. 诡辩的, 吹毛求疵的
n. 诡辩, 吹毛求疵
动词quibble的现在分词形式

例句与用法：

The disagreement between the employers and the union could nave been settled weeks ago if both sides had not wasted effort quibbling about pennies.

如果工会与雇主之间不为一些微不足道的小事而费力争吵，双方间的分歧早在几星期之前就解决了。

Stop quibbling about the use of the comma.

别再争辩逗号的用法了。

a.

吹毛求疵的

n.

诡辩; 吹毛求疵

quibbling

词义辨析：

同义参见:

criticism

quibbling

动词 quibble:

evade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objections

同义词：quibble

argue over petty things

同义词：quibble, niggle, pettifog, bicker, squabble, brabble

形容词 quibbling:

quibbling over insignificant details

同义词：caviling, carping, nitpicking, pettifogging

quibbling

■12 Quibbling aside, it's a rare treat to lose yourself in dapper Don Strachey's detective fantasy world.

12 别忙着找茬，能沉浸在唐.斯切奇的美妙侦探世界里就已经很不错了。

■Don't start quibbling about word rates before you confirm that you have the time and ability to do the job.

“一样的花费，更好的质量和服务”，这是新华翻译社对客户的承诺。

■" are dropped into the discussion as an indicator that quibbling should cease and real issues get resolved.

“这类陈述，就表明诡辩应该终止，解决实质问题。

■It isn't worth quibbling over such a small amount.

不值得为这样的小数目斤斤计较。

■None of your quibbling, None of your questioning. None of your doubts.

不许含糊其词，不许疑问，不许怀疑。

■9.If you are satisfied with the contract, why are you quibbling about the exact hours?

与同事们一道工作时，她总是斤斤计较个人得失。

■--50p isn’t worth quibbling about.

为50便士不止的吵来吵去。

■How would the Lord look upon quibbling like this?

他心里想，上主怎会来听这样的遁辞呢？

■None of your quibbling!

你不许再这样支支吾吾啦！

■You have to accept the uncertainty of the markets and be ready to take a small loss without quibbling.

你还要接受市场的不确定性，不找借口地接受小亏损。

■The conservatives burden us with tedious talk of lag times, government waste, quibbling about multipliers and some nonsense about the sustainability of large, fiscal deficits.

保守派们总是反复乏味地讨论时滞，政府浪费，乘数效应的诡论，和巨额财政赤字，来困扰大家。

■Have done with your foolish quibbling!

停止你那愚昧的诡辩!

■2. Stop quibbling about the use of the comma.

别再争辩逗号的用法了.

■Stop quibbling about the use of the comma.

别再争辩逗号的用法了。

■Now, listen, darling.None of your quibbling! None of your questioning! None of your doubts! This is positive, you see? This is affirmative, you see? You're going to marry me, you see?

听着,亲爱的,不许含糊其词,不许疑问,不许怀疑,这是绝对的,懂吗?这是肯定的,懂吗?这就定了,懂吗?你必须嫁给我,懂吗?

■quibbling over insignificant details.

在无关紧要的细节上挑毛

■endless haggling [quibbling] over side issues

在枝节问题上纠缠不休

■Kissinger felt that Rogers was quibbling, but the lawyer in Nixon supported the quibble of a fellow lawyer.

基辛格感到罗杰斯是在挑刺儿,但是律师出身的尼克松支持他的同行的挑刺。

■Kissinger felt that Rogers was quibbling，but the lawyer in Nixon supported the quibble of a fellow lawyer.

基辛格感到罗杰斯是在挑刺儿。但是，律师出身的尼克松支持了他的同行的挑刺儿。

■Now listen,darling. None of your quibbling!

好啦，亲爱的。你不许再这样支支吾吾啦！

■Now listen,darling.None of your quibbling!None of your questioning!None of your doubts!

好啦，亲爱的。你不许再这样支支吾吾啦！不许再问了！不许再怀疑了！

■Should the basic surge protector assembly suffer damage while in normal service, MCG will either repair or replace the unit, without charge and without quibbling.

如MCG的电涌防护器在正常使用过程中损坏，MCG公司将无偿维修或更换。

■If you are satisfied with the contract, why are you quibbling about the exact hours?

如果你对合同满意，又为何对确切的时数而斤斤计较呢?

■2.The disagreement between the employers and the union could nave been settled weeks ago if both sides had not wasted effort quibbling about pennies.

如果工会与雇主之间不为一些微不足道的小事而费力争吵，双方间的分歧早在几星期之前就解决了。

■Its doubting and challenging, its quibbling and dialectics, often are irritating to common people.

它的疑惑和诘难,它的诡辨和辩证,常常是令人讨厌的。

■had no patience with quibbling critics.

对找碴的批评者失去了耐心。

■quibbling about minor points of grammar;

对语法的微小处吹毛求疵；

■Despite appearing in a philosophy journal, this wasn't a philosophical paper (quibbling about the meaning of "intelligence").

尽管出现在哲学期刊上，这并不是一篇(对”智能“意思喋喋不休的)关于哲学的论文。

■When we got down to discussing the details of the agreement we found that they were quibbling over the precise meaning of quite unimportant clauses.

当我们开始讨论协议细节时，我们发现他们斤斤计较的是那些不重要条款的确实含意。

■Xu : But who go to find him to rob the project and want to do it alone? It's you! You should be ashamed of quibbling.

徐：但是是谁最后去找他抢合同，想独做这个工程？！是你们！你还好意思狡辩！

■A petty, quibbling, unscrupulous lawyer.

恶讼师，讼棍卑鄙的、吹毛求疵的、不讲道德的律师

■We had no patience with quibbling criticism.

我们不能忍受那种吹毛求疵的批评。

■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.Freed from the pettifogging concerns of quibbling lawyers and self-serving politicians, goes the argument, he can concentrate on eradicating extremism.

有个论调说，摆脱了吹毛求疵的律师和自私的政客们的所谓的关心，他能够集中精力根除极端主义。

■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。

■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。

■Have done with your foolish quibbling

结束你那愚蠢的诡辩

■American environmentalists say it is not worth quibbling about a few percentage points, given the huge sweep of the package and its swift passage.

美国环保人士说，鉴于方案的巨大影响和快速通过，为几个百分点争论不休不值得。

■Yet the coming weeks offer plenty of scope for quibbling and foot-dragging.

而在接下来的几周时间内，仍有可能发生互相指责及拖延时间的可能。

■He trains himself to buy and sell without quibbling when he finds those patterns.

要训练自己，当发现了特定的模式时，不要支支吾吾，要去行动。

■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。

■There's no quibbling over Mr Kim's brutality.

金正日的野蛮残忍毋庸置疑。