| 单词 | quibble |
| 释义 | quibble (once / 3779 pages) vn A quibble is a small argument or fight. As a verb, it means to pick a mini-fight over something that doesn't really matter. "Let's not quibble over price," people will say, usually when they plan to gouge you. It's better to watch figure skating with the sound off, rather than listening to the announcers quibble over a not-fully-rotated knee or the slightly diminished altitude of a jump. Sometimes a quibble between neighbors over two feet of property can escalate into a major feud. WORD FAMILYquibble: quibbled, quibbler, quibbles, quibbling+/quibbler: quibblers USAGE EXAMPLESBrushing aside quibbles about costs, he once advised a colleague: “A few million dollars are lost in the sands of time.” Wall Street Journal(Dec 31, 2016) A purist would find much to quibble with. Los Angeles Times(Dec 19, 2016) “Naturally, there are points on which I would quibble, but this is Michael’s book, not mine,” he wrote. New York Times(Dec 03, 2016) 1v evade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objections Hyper circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, evade, fudge, hedge, parry, put off, sidestep, skirt avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) 2v argue over petty things Let's not quibble over pennies Syn|Hyper bicker, brabble, niggle, pettifog, squabble argue, contend, debate, fence have an argument about something 3n an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections Syn|Hyper cavil, quiddity equivocation, evasion a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth |
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