quibble
/'kwibl/
📖 中文释义
- n. 遁词, 双关语
- vi. 吹毛求疵, 争吵, 说模棱两可的话
- vt. 对...诡辩
🔗 释义中的汉语词
🧩 词形变化
💬 双语例句
Who could quibble with such an innocent statement? Without the discoveries of nineteenth-century physicists and their successors, we could hardly imagine today’s world: no electrical power grid, no televisions, no satellites, no iPads.
试问谁会质疑这么一个简单直白的观点? 没有19世纪物理学家及其后继者的发现,当今世界简直无法想象:没有输电网,没有电视机,没有卫星,连iPad都不存在。
独立于行政和立法部门的美国司法系统进一步支撑着美元的国际角色。 虽然某些人会指摘美国法律规章的复杂性,但也无法否认它们是相对一致地得到了执行。
NEW YORK – The filmmaker Woody Allen is often quoted as saying that “Showing up is 80% of life.” One can quibble with the percentage, but Allen’s insight is important: You have to get in the game – be a player – to have any chance of obtaining your objectives.
纽约—导演伍迪·艾伦(Woody Allen)常常被人引用的一句话是“生活的八成是表演 。 ” 比例也许有问题,但艾伦的洞见很重要:你必须入局 — — 成为演员 — — 才能获得实现目标的机会。
🔵 同义词
🔗 常用搭配
📘 English Definition(英文释义)
- n. an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections
- v. evade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objections
- v. argue over petty things