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单词 niggle
释义
niggle
verb[IorT]
uk
/ˈnɪɡ.əl/us
/ˈnɪɡ.əl/

niggleverb[I or T](WORRY)

toworrysomeoneslightly, usually for alongtime:
（通常指长时间）使烦扰，困扰
I just can'trememberhisname- it's been niggling me for acoupleofweeks.我就是记不起他的名字——我已经为这个伤脑筋好几个星期了。
Onethoughtkeptnigglingather.有一个想法总让她困扰。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Causing feelings of anger and displeasure
  • aggravate
  • aggrieve
  • alienate
  • anger
  • annoy
  • bend
  • get upsomeone'snoseidiom
  • givesomeonethe shitsidiom
  • go too faridiom
  • goat
  • grate
  • joke
  • nark
  • nose
  • rub
  • rubsomeoneup the wrong wayidiom
  • ruffle
  • rufflesomeone'sfeathersidiom
  • setsomeone'steeth on edgeidiom
  • tit
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niggleverb[I or T](CRITICIZE)

UK
tocriticizesomeone aboutsmalldetailsor give too muchattentiontodetails:
挑剔，对…吹毛求疵
She nigglesendlesslyovertheexactpronunciation.她对发音是否准确挑剔个没完没了。
Theaccountsdepartmentis niggling me for tenpencethey say Iowethem.财务部一直纠缠不休，说我欠他们10便士。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Disapproving & criticizing
  • anathematize
  • animadversion
  • aspersion
  • assail
  • aw
  • backbite
  • criticism
  • deprecate
  • dim
  • fault
  • nitpick
  • nitpicking
  • opprobrious
  • peanut gallery
  • people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stonesidiom
  • personalization
  • personalize
  • philippic
  • sarky
  • tear
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niggle
noun[C]
uk
/ˈnɪɡ.əl/us
/ˈnɪɡ.əl/

nigglenoun[C](WORRY)

asmalldoubtorworry:
疑虑；烦恼
Don't youfeelevenaslightniggle about themoralityofyourexperiments?你们难道丝毫不担心你们的实验是否合乎道德吗？
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Suspecting & questioning
  • ask
  • ask questions ofsomeone/somethingidiom
  • call into questionidiom
  • challenge
  • cynical
  • cynically
  • cynicism
  • doubt
  • doubter
  • doubting Thomas
  • fisking
  • misgiving
  • oppugn
  • qualm
  • reserve
  • self-doubt
  • skeptic
  • smell a ratidiom
  • suspicion
  • suspicious
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Anxiety and worry - general words

nigglenoun[C](CRITICISM)

UK
asmallcriticism:
小牢骚，小意见
I do have a fewminorniggles about thebook, butgenerallyit's very good.对这本书我确实有几点小意见，但总的说来它是很不错的。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Disapproving & criticizing
  • anathematize
  • animadversion
  • aspersion
  • assail
  • aw
  • backbite
  • criticism
  • deprecate
  • dim
  • fault
  • nitpick
  • nitpicking
  • opprobrious
  • peanut gallery
  • people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stonesidiom
  • personalization
  • personalize
  • philippic
  • sarky
  • tear
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Related word

niggling
(Definition ofnigglefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofniggle

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Women had to watch their steps very carefully in the in-laws' home or risk a great deal of niggling mental cruelty.
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Although the idea is fascinating, and the book certainly to be welcomed, there are niggling irritations.
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There are some very minor points that one mightniggleat.
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To the believer it will indeed show the compatibilities of science, while to some open-minded sceptics it mayniggleuncomfortably.
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Many users will have the occasional inter pretationalniggle(and probably feel churlish about it) but their abiding impression will surely be of sheer quality and value for money.
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We do not want to give the impression to anybody involved that we are niggling at cost.
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If one niggles at that proposition, it is difficult to know where to draw the line.
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We are niggling at this problem, and we ought to be ashamed to do so.
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They were not enamoured of the idea, they did not like it, and they have constantly niggled away at it ever since.
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To use their own expression to me, this "really niggles".
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They have never niggled only on grounds of expenditure.
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I get niggled with anything out of place and jump at my wife and say that's not good enough.
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The debate was about a series of niggles.
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My fear is that we will not have sufficient time to reflect on people's niggles and anxieties.
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However, his efforts are undermined by little governmental niggles, which are not directly of his doing, but over which he may have some influence.
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