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quibble [英] [ˈkwɪbəl]

[美] [ˈkwɪbəl]

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过去式：quibbled

过去分词：quibbled

现在分词：quibbling

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1. 吹毛求疵的反对意见或批评;遁词,模棱两可的话

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1. 使用遁词,含糊其辞,吹毛求疵

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differcriticizefight

法律

1. 狡辩

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quibblerquibblingly

语源

early 17th cent. (in the sense 'play on words, pun'): diminutive of obsolete quib 'a petty objection', probably from Latin quibus, dative and ablative plural of qui, quae, quod 'who, what, which', frequently used in legal documents and so associated with subtle distinctions or verbal niceties