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niggle about/over sth
niggle 既可指“为琐事争吵”，也可指“无谓地担忧”，常接 about/over。
They spent the whole meeting niggling over minor details.
他们整个会议都在为细枝末节争吵不休。
无谓担心；过分操心
niggling — present participle of niggle
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无谓担心；过分操心
worry unnecessarily or excessively
They spent the whole meeting niggling over minor details.
他们整个会议都在为细枝末节争吵不休。
不必要地过度担心
worry unnecessarily or excessively
为琐事争吵
argue over petty things
niggle
Base
原形
niggles
3rd person
第三人称单数
niggling
-ing
现在分词
niggled
Past
过去式
niggled
Past participle
过去分词
He niggles over every detail of the report.
他对报告的每个细节都吹毛求疵。
She niggled about the price for hours.
她为价格斤斤计较了好几个小时。
规则动词
She tends to niggle about the tiniest imperfections in her work.
她总是对自己工作中最微小的瑕疵吹毛求疵。
He niggled over the wording of the email for hours.
他花了几个小时纠结于那封邮件的措辞。
Stop niggling and just enjoy the party!
别再吹毛求疵了，好好享受派对吧！
niggle 既可指“为琐事争吵”，也可指“无谓地担忧”，常接 about/over。
They spent the whole meeting niggling over minor details.
他们整个会议都在为细枝末节争吵不休。
Not this
She niggles her children's safety all the time.
Use this
She niggles about her children's safety all the time.
当 niggle 表示“无谓地担心”时是不及物动词，担心的事要用 about 引入，不能直接作宾语。
Not this
My mother niggled me to do my homework.
Use this
My mother nagged me to do my homework.
niggle 含有“困扰、为小事计较”的意思，没有“唠叨、反复催促”的意思；表达“唠叨地催某人做某事”要用 nag，所以这里应改为 nagged。
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使……焦虑不安；困扰
The thought of the unpaid bill niggled at him all day.
未付账单的事让他一整天都焦虑不安。
为琐事唠叨；对……斤斤计较
She niggled about the room temperature for hours.
她为室温这种琐事唠叨了好几个小时。
为细节争执；在细节上纠缠
They niggled over details instead of accepting the proposal.
他们不是接受提议，而是为细节争执不休。
别瞎担心；别为琐事争吵
Stop niggling and just enjoy the party.
别瞎担心了，好好享受派对吧。
不停地担心；总是唠叨
The same doubt kept niggling her throughout the meeting.
开会期间，同样的疑虑一直困扰着她。
与某人发生口角；和某人抬杠
He always niggles with his brother over whose turn it is.
他总是为了轮到谁而跟弟弟抬杠。
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把niggle记成“腻个”：对琐碎小事腻烦，没完没了地较真、瞎操心。
语域：informal 常见场景：担忧小事、争论琐事 niggle 多用于日常口语或非正式书面语，表示对小事过分担心或为琐碎问题争执；在正式场合显得不够庄重。
giggle and wiggle rhyme with niggle (all /-ɪɡəl/). fickle, tickle, and nibble are spelling lookalikes but do not rhyme because they have /-ɪkəl/ or /-ɪbəl/.
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