quibble

/kwib-uhl/US // ˈkwɪb əl //UK // (ˈkwɪbəl) //

狡辩,争辩,调侃,争论不休

Related Words

n.名词 noun

1
- : an instance of the use of ambiguous, prevaricating, or irrelevant language or arguments to evade a point at issue.
- : the general use of such arguments.
- : petty or carping criticism; a minor objection.

v.无主动词 verb

nounobjection, complaint

Forms: quibbling

Synonyms

Forget any semantic quibbles over the meaning of the term “insurrection.”
Labor historian Nelson Lichtenstein says Big Tech has a tendency to lean on its transformational image to paper over any labor complaints and minimize them as quibbles that are impeding the evolution of the world.
Michael Dobbs makes a splendid case that Nixon was “an American tragedy,” though I have a quibble.
While it does take a few jujitsu-like maneuvers to fold the rear seats completely flat, this is a minor quibble.
A weird thing to quibble about, considering he is a moon landing denier.
There are several other things in the Wiki vs. doctors article to quibble about, which the authors generously note.
This quibble aside, “Breakfast with Mugabe” offers food for thought.
You can quibble about beginnings, middles and ends but what we're talking about is over a year ago.
You can quibble with the “vast” part, I guess, depending on how you define that word.
Because of a quibble on his part this loathsome thing would ruin his future, dash his hopes to the ground, blacken his life.
He saw that the reason which he had given for disbelief was untenable, and he was too straightforward to quibble about it.
He had hoped for a vigorous denial on Thorpe's part, but this halfway confession seemed to him a mere .

/kwib-uhl/US // ˈkwɪb əl //UK // (ˈkwɪbəl) //

狡辩,争辩,调侃,争论不休

n.名词 noun

1
- : an instance of the use of ambiguous, prevaricating, or irrelevant language or arguments to evade a point at issue.
- : the general use of such arguments.
- : petty or carping criticism; a minor objection.

v.无主动词 verb

nounobjection, complaint

Forms: quibbling

Synonyms

Forget any semantic quibbles over the meaning of the term “insurrection.”
Labor historian Nelson Lichtenstein says Big Tech has a tendency to lean on its transformational image to paper over any labor complaints and minimize them as quibbles that are impeding the evolution of the world.
Michael Dobbs makes a splendid case that Nixon was “an American tragedy,” though I have a quibble.
While it does take a few jujitsu-like maneuvers to fold the rear seats completely flat, this is a minor quibble.
A weird thing to quibble about, considering he is a moon landing denier.
There are several other things in the Wiki vs. doctors article to quibble about, which the authors generously note.
This quibble aside, “Breakfast with Mugabe” offers food for thought.
You can quibble about beginnings, middles and ends but what we're talking about is over a year ago.
You can quibble with the “vast” part, I guess, depending on how you define that word.
Because of a quibble on his part this loathsome thing would ruin his future, dash his hopes to the ground, blacken his life.
He saw that the reason which he had given for disbelief was untenable, and he was too straightforward to quibble about it.
He had hoped for a vigorous denial on Thorpe's part, but this halfway confession seemed to him a mere .