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quibbling ['kwɪblɪŋ]

n. 诡辩，找碴子;
v. 使用遁词，含糊其辞，吹毛求疵( quibble的现在分词 );

例句:

  • It isn't worth quibbling over such a small amount.
    不值得为这样的小数目斤斤计较。
  • Council members spent the day quibbling over the final wording of the resolution.
    委员会成员一整天都在为决议的最终措词争论不休。
  • Jem decided there was no point in quibbling and was silent.
    杰姆觉得跟他磨嘴皮子没意思,于是便不再做声了.
  • We need to stop quibbling and get started.
    来自SA
  • Taranto, however, isn't quibbling over word choice.
    来自WSJ
  • Quibbling with very subtle and unreal distinctions.
    来自E. H. Gombrich