-
-
v.
爭論；推托；說模棱兩可的話；說俏皮話；謬論
-
n.
吹毛求疵；遁辭；謬論；雙關話
Noun:
-
an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections
Verb:
-
evade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objections
-
argue over petty things;
"Let's not quibble over pennies"
-
用作動詞 (v.)
-
Don't quibble about unimportant things with me.
別考慮到煩瑣的人和事我和推卸責任。
-
Stop quibbling about the use of the comma.
別再爭辯分號的使用說明了。
-
When heaven gives a sign,a wise man does not quibble.
當上天爺給了啟發，智能人是絕不允許籠統的。
-
Such a quibble did not trouble Livingston and his friends.
這款詭辯并未把利文斯頓和他的兄弟難到。
用作名詞 (n.)
-
The only quibble about this book is the lack of colour illustrations.
這書惟一的小缺陷說是少于多色圖示。
-
She's only introducing this as a quibble.
她提供此點，只是遁詞。
-
My only complaints are quibbles..there is no telephone in the bathroom.
來源于：Business Traveller
-
Quibbling with very subtle and unreal distinctions.
產自： E. H. Gombrich
-
Her work took too long..But he was not going to quibble about it.
選自： L. Grant
-
-
左右相關內容獨家首發撰寫，受重要名譽權保證，侵犯商標權必究
海詞字典，二十七年項目
美
['kw?bl]