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单词 quibble
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quibble

This is a small quibble, though.You could quibble about some of the singing.Other quibbles may right themselves during the run.But those are the smallest of quibbles.This might seem a quibble but it is very important.Some of the reservations were mere quibbles. Minor quibbles concerned modernity rather than problems of taste.But this is a small quibble about a book of great ambition and power.But they are minor quibbles in what is an immersive package.But this is a minor quibble about a brilliant book.But these surely amount to minor quibbles.And you can quibble about his arithmetic all you like.But these are minor quibbles and they miss the point entirely.Yet it is a small quibble with what is another tense trip through the badlands of human nature.Again, it seems pedantic to quibble about the differences between strikers and attacking midfielders.But these are mere quibbles next to the 6 million salary.But this is a small quibble, if quibble at all.But on such a satisfying night, that is the smallest of quibbles.But these are mere quibbles.You may quibble that I wasn't strictly a tourist.

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quibble

British English: quibble NOUN
A quibble is a small and unimportant complaint about something.
These are minor quibbles.
  • American English: quibble
  • Brazilian Portuguese: queixa
  • Chinese: 微不足道的抱怨
  • European Spanish: queja
  • French: argutie
  • German: Krittelei
  • Italian: cavillo
  • Japanese: 取るに足らない文句
  • Korean: 사소한 불만
  • European Portuguese: queixa
  • Latin American Spanish: queja

(verb) 
Definition
to make trivial objections
Let's not quibble.
Synonyms
split hairs
Don't split hairs. You know what I'm getting at.
carp
He has many detractors who carp at his old-fashioned style.
cavil
This is not the time to cavil about petty details.
prevaricate
British ministers continued to prevaricate on the issue.
beat about the bush
equivocate
He is equivocating a lot about what is going to happen at the next election.
nit-pick (informal)
(noun) 
Definition
a trivial objection or equivocation, esp. one used to avoid an issue
These are minor quibbles.
Synonyms
objection
This objection has obviously been dropped.
complaint
There have been a number of complaints about the standard of service.
niggle
protest
a protest against people's growing economic hardship
criticism
nicety
equivocation
prevarication
cavil
sideswipe
quiddity
sophism

Additional synonyms

in the sense of carp
Definition
to complain or find fault
He has many detractors who carp at his old-fashioned style.
Synonyms
find fault,
complain,
beef (slang),
criticize,
nag,
censure,
reproach,
quibble,
cavil,
pick holes,
kvetch (US, slang),
hypercriticize,
nit-pick (informal)
in the sense of cavil
Definition
to raise annoying petty objections
This is not the time to cavil about petty details.
Synonyms
find fault,
object,
complain,
beef (slang),
carp,
quibble,
kvetch (US, slang),
hypercriticize,
nit-pick (informal)
in the sense of complaint
Definition
a formal protest
There have been a number of complaints about the standard of service.
Synonyms
protest,
accusation,
objection,
grievance,
remonstrance (formal),
charge

Nearby words of
quibble

  • questionable
  • questionnaire
  • queue
  • quibble
  • quibbling
  • quick
  • quick-tempered

Synonyms of 'quibble'

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Additional synonyms

in the sense of equivocate
Definition
to use vague or ambiguous language in order to deceive someone or to avoid telling the truth
He is equivocating a lot about what is going to happen at the next election.
Synonyms
be evasive,
evade,
dodge,
parry,
fence,
hedge,
shuffle,
fudge,
flannel (British, informal),
sidestep,
waffle (informal, British),
quibble,
prevaricate,
pussyfoot (informal),
avoid the issue,
beat about the bush (informal),
tergiversate
in the sense of prevaricate
Definition
to avoid giving a direct or truthful answer
British ministers continued to prevaricate on the issue.
Synonyms
evade,
lie,
shift,
hedge,
shuffle,
dodge,
deceive,
flannel (British, informal),
quibble,
beg the question,
beat about the bush,
cavil,
equivocate,
stretch the truth,
palter,
give a false colour to,
tergiversate
in the sense of protest
Definition
a strong objection
a protest against people's growing economic hardship
Synonyms
objection,
complaint,
declaration,
dissent,
outcry,
disapproval,
protestation,
demur,
formal complaint,
remonstrance,
demurral
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