| 词汇 | quibbled |
| 释义 | quibbled past simple and past participle ofquibble quibble verb[ I ] disapprovinguk /ˈkwɪb.əl/ us /ˈkwɪb.əl/ to argue about, or say you disapprove of, something that is not important: 吹毛求疵，为小事争吵 There's no point quibbling about/over a couple of dollars.为几块钱吵架毫无意义。 Compare bickerdisapproving Complaining be/go on at someoneidiom bellyaching bemoan bewail brouhaha bugger, sod, etc. this for a lark!idiom carping clamour grizzle make noisesidiom mutter nag pardon peep remonstrate representation start on at someone unreported vituperation whiner You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Arguing & disagreeing Examples of quibbledquibbled In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Either they quibbled and said it was all dealt with by the law anyhow, or they ran away from it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He quibbled with our reference to worsening unemployment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He quibbled a good deal before he gave those cases. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Yet, only too often, it seems that we have quibbled over the amount of extra allowances to be paid to those officers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Many of the points that were quibbled with tonight were straight copies of previous legislation that changed nothing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Some might have quibbled about the timing, but the most important thing is that it was established. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have not quibbled over the drafting of the amendments. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They have quibbled and quibbled, one after the other. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That was possibly one reason why some people quibbled about this venture. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I gather—but not beyond all doubt, because they have quibbled away so merrily for so many hours—that they are opposed to the compulsory element in the standstill. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He sometimes quibbled over details in the script. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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