quibbling
present participle ofquibble
单词 | quibbling |
释义 | quibbling present participle ofquibble quibble verb[I] disapprovinguk/ˈkwɪb.əl/us/ˈkwɪb.əl/toargueabout, or say youdisapproveof, something that is notimportant: There's nopointquibblingabout/overacoupleofdollars. Compare bickerdisapproving Complaining
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Arguing & disagreeing Examplesofquibblingquibbling In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. In other cases too, governors kept tight hold of records, only releasing them after a helpful delay and muchquibbling. From theCambridge English Corpus This is more than justquibblingover words. From theCambridge English Corpus This in itself puts anyquibblingover style or content into a lesser perspective. From theCambridge English Corpus Stop thequibblingover mental health! From theCambridge English Corpus It would be churlish to carry onquibbling. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I shall attempt to ride across thequibblingtechnicalities and labyrinthine figures of the actuarial reports which we have had. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Are theyquibblingabout the total horror of this? FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English The time has come to stopquibblingabout lawyer confidentiality. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English Furthermore, we must not oppose this new deal on transport in 2010 with financialquibbling. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English The suggestion that we arequibblingabout the difference between £350 and £400 is nonsense. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That is the kind of issue he should be raising, rather thanquibblingabout that particular clause. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I think these words are well calculated to lead to legalquibbling. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There is somequibblingabout the implications of sanctions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I know the legalquibblingthat went on for months. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They were told that, and no amount of legalquibblingwill get over the fact. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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