quibble

quibble

美 [ˈkwɪb(ə)l] 　英 ['kwɪb(ə)l]

• v.发牢骚；斤斤计较；吹毛求疵
• n.牢骚
• 网络狡辩；诡辩；遁词

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also quibble, you can not eat food less increase it? Guzhe eat all day. You talk about, this month you how much weight gain?

还狡辩，物价上升你们不可以吃少一点吗？整天顾着吃。你自己说说，这个月你体重上升多少了？

Though experts still quibble about the exact nature of how the ship broke up, a consensus does seem to be forming around how Titanic sank.

虽然专家们仍然在推测船体一分为二的确切原因，一种共识似乎可以解释泰坦尼克号的沉没。

But it was mysterious to me that the super-angels would quibble about valuations.

但是对我来说不可理解的是，超级天使会对估值很非常计较挑剔。

Many might quibble over the details of that account, but few would dispute the Poles' vital role in freeing Europe from totalitarian rule.

许多人可能会对这一叙述的细枝末节有所争议；但很少有人会对波兰人在将欧洲从极权主义统治下解放出来的过程中所扮演的至关重要的角色加以质疑。

One can quibble about the accuracy of such a definition but it also conveys the essence of what evolution really is.

对这样一个定义的精确性还可以吹毛求疵，但是这个定义也表达出了“什么是进化”的本质。

Bolivia continues to clamour for its lost outlet to the sea. Apart from a minor quibble over the land border, Peru makes no such claim.

玻利维亚仍然继续为丢掉自己的通海渠道而喧闹不休，而秘鲁除了对国界有些不足为奇的异议之外，并没有采取类似之举。

When cubs start to twitch or to scratch or to nibble, what they need is some help, not a lecture or quibble.

有了多动、抓挠、咬指甲的坏习惯，这时，孩子们需要的是帮助，而不是说教或唠叨。

When that neglect shows up in the numbers, we quibble about how they were calculated.

当这种忽视体现在数字上时，我们对统计工作就有所抱怨了。

A pragmatist might contend that this is no time to quibble about economic theories. We need measures that get proven results.

实用主义者或许会声称，现在没有时间辩论经济理论，我们需要能证明结果的措施。

But a wise blogger once said that it's a good principle to argue about other people's main points, not to quibble over side issues.

但一睿智的博主曾经说过，辩论别人的主要论点而不是对其片面的观点吹毛求疵是一个良好的习惯。

When you quarrel with you're a close friend, talk about the main dish, don't quibble over appetizers.

当你和亲近的人吵嘴时，试着就事论事，不要扯出陈芝麻烂谷之的事。

When you quarrel with a close friend, talk about the main dish , dont quibble over the appetizers.

当你和你亲近的人吵嘴时，是这就事论事，不要扯出那些不想干的事。

When you quarrel with a close friend, talk about the main dish, don't quibble over the appetizers .

当你和亲近的朋友吵嘴的时候，就事论事，不要扯出那些陈芝麻、烂谷子的事。

But let's go out on a limb and say there aren't many who would quibble with the description of China as money-obsessed.

不过，让我们冒点风险，这么说吧，如果称中国是个着迷于金钱的国家，恐怕没有多少人会有异议。

EXAMPLE: In order to impede progress, one of the committee members used to quibble about small details.

为了阻止事情取得进展，委员会的一位委员总是对细节吹毛求疵。

Although Wenzhounese quibble about degrees of illegality, there is no question that stepping over the line can lead to serious consequences.

虽然温州人对于其合法性含糊其辞，但是毫无疑问一旦胆敢越雷池一步将会有十分严重的后果。

David has a quibble with my idea of buying new computers for the office.

对我提出为办公室购买新电脑一事，戴维避而不答。

Kissinger felt that Rogers was quibbling , but the lawyer in Nixon supported the quibble of a fellow lawyer.

基辛格感到罗杰斯在挑刺儿。但是，律师事务所出身的尼克松支持他的同行的挑刺儿。

He was enough of a pragmatist, and opportunist, not to quibble.

他已经做够了实用主义者、机会主义者，不想再吹毛求疵。

When you quarrel with a close friend, talk about the main dish, don' t quibble over the appetizers.

当你和你亲近的朋友吵嘴的时候，试着就事论事，不要扯出那些陈芝麻、烂谷子的事。

'If I had any quibble it's like every bug is masked by other flavors. '

他说，如果说我有什么意见的话，那就是每一种昆虫的味道都被其它味道掩盖掉了。

If you pause to think, delay taking a profit, or quibble accepting a loss, you're dead.

如果想的慢，没有及时兑现利润，或提前止损，你就死定了。

Few would quibble with the outlines. The most corrupt countries are the poorest, and the cleanest are the richest.

最腐败的国家是那些最贫穷的国家，而最清廉的则是那些最富裕的。

In offering this alternative way of looking, I am aware that more is at stake than an academic quibble.

提供这种新的观看视角并不是学术的诡辩，而是迫于危如累卵形势。

One can quibble over the figures: these may be too pessimistic.

人们可以对这些数字提出异议：它们可能太悲观了。

My only quibble is that there was no safe in the bedroom, but this is a minor point.

我唯一需要提出的是，房间没有保险箱，不过这也无伤大雅。

But don't let this minor quibble detract from Miller's accomplishment, for it is considerable.

但不要让这个小狡辩减损米勒的成绩，这是非常可观。

I can't quibble with the first, but as for the second I'm a bit dubious.

对第一种解释，我无可辩驳，至于第二个，我则有些怀疑。

Don't quibble over the money; pay her what she asks.

不要为那些钱争吵，就照她要的数目付给她吧。

These kind backers rarely quibble over the network's content.

这些慈眉善目的支持者很少纠结于广播的内容。

Fact-checkers quibble that, according to his written plans, he really means 95% of families with children, not 95% of Americans.

追究事实者则反讥说，根据奥巴马的书面计划，他的95%指的是有孩子的家庭，而不是95%的美国人。

Many may quibble over how the evaluations are done.

很多人在讨论怎样实施这样的评估时可能会模糊其词。

Pedants will find plenty to quibble about in Mr Kaletsky's analysis of the past, let alone his predictions.

学究派会对卡里兹基的经济史分析吹毛求疵，更不必说他的经济预测。

There are several other reasons Americans can quibble over the use of GDP per head, especially with reference to Japan.

美国推托使用人均GDP有其他的一些原因，特别是在以日本为参照的时候。

"When heaven gives a sign, a wise man does not quibble. "

“既然老天爷给了启示，聪明人是决不含糊的。”

Another quibble is that the Treasury figures do not reflect the continuing squeeze on welfare beyond 2012-13.

另一个模糊不清的情况是财政部的数据里并不反应2012-13年以后对福利事业的继续紧缩。

It is hard to quibble with most of the government's worst-case loss rates, which are calculated for this year and next.

政府的最坏情况损失率是针对今明两年计算的，很难对其中大部分数据吹毛求疵。

This is for friends in the pseudo-original was way too, it do not want to quibble, then take someone long to short Yang has it!

这是针对从事伪原创得朋友得方法，实在不愿咬文嚼字，那么就取别人之长来扬己之短吧！

Recently, the "quibble" magazine released its 2010 top ten buzzwords.

日前，《咬文嚼字》杂志公布了2010年十大流行语。

Don't quibble about others' little mistakes.

对别人的小过失、小错误不要斤斤计较。