quibble
quibble 英 ['kwɪb(ə)l] 美 ['kwɪbl]
n. 谬论；双关语；遁辞 vi. 诡辩；挑剔；说模棱两可的话 vt. 对…诡辩
进行时:quibbling 过去式:quibbled 过去分词:quibbled 第三人称单数:quibbles 名词复数:quibbles
- 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.
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- n. 谬论；双关语；遁辞
- vi. 诡辩；挑剔；说模棱两可的话
- vt. 对…诡辩
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1. From that point of view, it is hard to quibble with Russia’s desire to protect and sanctify the memory of its millions of soldiers who fell in the fight against Nazism.
从这个观点出发，很难为俄罗斯的这种观点进行诡辩，即想要保护和尊重那些承载着在抗击纳粹中牺牲的几百万士兵的记忆。
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2. You could always quibble with any study that estimates the effectiveness of one policy versus another. You can also argue circumstances change and different policies become appropriate.
你总是可以通过研究来挑剔 一个政策相对另一个的有效性，也可以认为大气候的变化需要不同的政策来适应。
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3. 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。
- quibble (n.) 1610s, "a pun, a play on words," probably a diminutive of obsolete quib "evasion of point at issue," based on an overuse of Latin quibus? (from PIE root *kwo-, stem of relative and interrogative pronouns) in legal jargon, which supposedly gave it the association with trivial argument. Meaning "equivocation, evasion of the point" is attested from 1660s.
- quibble (v.) "equivocate, evade the point, turn from the point in question or the plain truth," 1650s, from quibble (n.). Earlier "to pun" (1620s). Related: Quibbled; quibbling.
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