| 词汇 | quibbling |
| 释义 | quibbling present 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 quibblingquibbling In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. In other cases too, governors kept tight hold of records, only releasing them after a helpful delay and much quibbling. This is more than just quibbling over words. This in itself puts any quibbling over style or content into a lesser perspective. Stop the quibbling over mental health! It would be churlish to carry on quibbling. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I shall attempt to ride across the quibbling technicalities and labyrinthine figures of the actuarial reports which we have had. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Are they quibbling about the total horror of this? From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English The time has come to stop quibbling about lawyer confidentiality. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Furthermore, we must not oppose this new deal on transport in 2010 with financial quibbling. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English The suggestion that we are quibbling about the difference between £350 and £400 is nonsense. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is the kind of issue he should be raising, rather than quibbling about that particular clause. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think these words are well calculated to lead to legal quibbling. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is some quibbling about the implications of sanctions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I know the legal quibbling that went on for months. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They were told that, and no amount of legal quibbling will get over the fact. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 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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