Word · Frequency #21011
quibbles
为小事争吵；吹毛求疵
quibbles is the third person singular of quibble.
to argue or complain about small, unimportant details
含糊其辞；搪塞；吹毛求疵；争吵；说模棱两可的话；对...诡辩
In use
The board members spent most of the meeting quibbling about minor details instead of making a decision.
I don't mean to quibble, but your figures don't add up.
They quibbled over who should pay for the coffee until the cashier intervened.
quibble over/about sth
动词用法，指为小事争论；over 和 about 均可引导争论的事项。
They quibbled over the price for a few minutes.
他们为价格争吵了几分钟。
quibble with sth
动词用法，表示对某事提出琐碎的反对意见，常用来回避问题核心。
She quibbled with the proposed changes.
她对拟议的更改提出了无关紧要的异议。
be a quibble
名词用法，指为逃避论点核心而提出的细微异议或遁词。
That's just a quibble—it doesn't address the real issue.
那只是个遁词，并未回应真正的问题。
Verb forms
base quibble · third person quibbles · -ing quibbling · past quibbled · past participle quibbled
动词含义为对小事争论、吹毛求疵，或借无关异议回避要点；现在分词拼作 quibbling，常用搭配 quibble about/over/with。
Common mistakes
They always quibble the price.They always quibble over the price.
quibble 作动词表示‘为小事争吵、吹毛求疵’时是不及物动词，不能直接跟宾语；要说 quibble about/over sth，用介词 about/over 引出争论的对象。
She made a quibble about the spelling.She raised a quibble about the spelling.
quibble 作名词表示‘无关紧要的异议’时，常见的搭配动词是 raise 或 voice，而不是 make；make a quibble 不是地道的搭配。
Connections
Collocations
- quibble over
- 为…争吵不休；对…吹毛求疵
- They spent hours quibbling over the wording of the contract.他们花了几个小时为合同的措辞争论不休。
- quibble with
- 对…提出细小的异议；挑剔
- She quibbled with every claim in the report.她对报告中的每一项论断都吹毛求疵。
- a minor quibble
- 小小的不满；无关紧要的异议
- The film is excellent; my only minor quibble is the shaky camera work.这部电影很出色；我唯一的小小不满是镜头有些晃动。
- raise a quibble
- 提出（无关紧要的）异议
- One reviewer raised a quibble about the timeline.一位评论家对时间线提出了异议。
- without quibble
- 毫无异议地
- The company accepted the refund request without quibble.公司毫无异议地接受了退款要求。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 quibble 联想成 quick+nibble：爱吹毛求疵的人就像快速小口啃咬细节，为小事争吵。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常对话、一般书面评论、网络讨论 该词多用于日常对话和一般书面语，表示“为小事争辩/吹毛求疵”（动词）或“遁词、无关紧要的异议”（名词），语气略有批评；整体较中性，不算太正式。
Pronunciation & Spelling
nibble、scribble、dribble 都与 quibble 押韵（/ɪbəl/）。注意：bible、cable、bubble 拼写看似接近，但元音不同，不押韵。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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