英
['kwɪbl]
美
['kwɪbl]
- v. 争论;推托;说模棱两可的话;说俏皮话;谬论
- n. 吹毛求疵;遁辞;谬论;双关话
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quibble的英文翻译是什么意思,词典释义与在线翻译:
英英释义
Noun:
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an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections
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evade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objections
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argue over petty things;
"Let's not quibble over pennies"
quibble的用法和样例:
例句
用作动词 (v.)
- Don't quibble about unimportant things with me.
别为了琐碎的小事和我狡辩。 - Stop quibbling about the use of the comma.
别再争辩逗号的用法了。 - When heaven gives a sign,a wise man does not quibble.
当老天爷给了启示,聪明人是决不含糊的。 - Such a quibble did not trouble Livingston and his friends.
这种诡辩并没有把利文斯顿和他的朋友难倒。
用作名词 (n.)
- The only quibble about this book is the lack of colour illustrations.
这本书唯一的小瑕疵就是缺少彩色图解。 - She's only introducing this as a quibble.
她提出此点,纯属遁词。
词汇搭配
- quibble about 争辩小分歧
- quibble over 争辩小分歧
经典引文
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My only complaints are quibbles..there is no telephone in the bathroom.
出自:Business Traveller -
Quibbling with very subtle and unreal distinctions.
出自: E. H. Gombrich -
Her work took too long..But he was not going to quibble about it.
出自: L. Grant