quibbles
n.
吹毛求疵的反对意见或批评，遁词，模棱两可的话( quibble的名词复数 );
v.
使用遁词，含糊其辞，吹毛求疵( quibble的第三人称单数 );
例句:
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Quibbles aside, who could find fault with these chivalrous folk?
来自NEWYORKER
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The interviewer begins ticking off quibbles one by one.
来自WSJ
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These are minor quibbles.
这些不过是发发小牢骚罢了。
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Basically it was a fine performance I have only minor quibbles to make about her technique.
表演基本上很精彩--我只对她的技巧稍有意见.
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He earns twenty sous a day at an attorney's by penning quibbles.
他在一个律师家里写讼词,每天已能赚二十个苏了.
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My only complaints are quibbles...there is no telephone in the bathroom.
来自Business Traveller