niggle
niggle 英 [ˈnɪgl] 美 [ˈnɪɡəl]
vi. 拘泥小节；为琐事费时；挑剔 vt. 小气地给…；玩忽
进行时:niggling 过去式:niggled 过去分词:niggled 第三人称单数:niggles 名词复数:niggles
- To niggle means to argue over petty things, like battling over who gets the front seat or bickering about who's turn it is to take out the garbage.
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- vi. 拘泥小节；为琐事费时；挑剔
- vt. 小气地给…；玩忽
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1. I sometimes worry something might get worse but usually by the next day that has gone and another niggle has appeared.
有时我担心某事要出问题，但通常到了第二天，这件事就不存在了，取而代之的是另外一桩小麻烦。
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2. Most of the time, you take your office computers for granted. Okay, there's a niggle or two, but generally the IT folks can sort it out.
大多数时候，你并不重视办公室的电脑。好，这时电脑出现了一两个问题，但是通常来说搞IT的伙计们会解决它。
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3. Okay, there's a niggle or two, but generally the IT folks can sort it out.
好，这时电脑出现了一两个问题，但是通常来说搞IT的伙计们会解决它。
- niggle (v.) 1590s (implied in niggling), possibly from a Scandinavian source (compare Norwegian dialectal nigla "be busy with trifles"), perhaps related to source of niggard. Related: Niggled; niggling; niggler.
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