quibble

英 ['kw?b(?)l] 美['kw?bl]

TEM8GRE暢通詞匯

復(fù)數(shù):?quibbles;第三人稱單數(shù):?quibbles;過去式:?quibbled;過去分詞:?quibbled;現(xiàn)在分詞:?quibbling;

1. 諧音“詭辯(單詞首字母q與字母g形近，因此將其當(dāng)作字母g來發(fā)音，因此得到此諧音)、詭吧、詭駁”。
2. qui, quae, quo <====> quibble <=====> quiz.

quibble 斤斤計(jì)較，吹毛求疵，模棱兩可

來自quib,逃避問題實(shí)質(zhì)。-le,表反復(fù)。

quibble: quibble: [17] Quibble probably originated as a rather ponderous learned joke-word. It is derived from an earlier and now obsolete quib ‘pun’, which appears to have been based on quibus, the dative and ablative plural of Latin quī ‘who, what’. The notion is that since quibus made frequent appearances in legal documents written in Latin, it became associated with pettifogging points of law.
quibble (n.): 1610s, "a pun, a play on words," probably a diminutive of obsolete quib "evasion of point at issue," based on an overuse of Latin quibus? in legal jargon, which supposedly gave it the association with trivial argument. Meaning "equivocation, evasion of the point" is attested from 1660s.
quibble (v.): "equivocate, evade the point, turn from the point in question or the plain truth," 1650s, from quibble (n.). Earlier "to pun" (1620s). Related: Quibbled; quibbling.

2. Why quibble ? It just amounted to pulling an inconsiderate monkey.: 算了吧,直當(dāng)是拉著個(gè)不通人情的猴子吧.

3. Such a quibble did not trouble Livingston and his friends.: 這種詭辯并沒有把利文斯頓和他的朋友難倒.

5. " Why quibble about the Yankees earning an honest penny selling out the Union?: " 北方佬出賣聯(lián)邦賺幾個(gè)老實(shí)錢,這有什么不好啊 ?