quibble

• n. 謬論；雙關語；遁辭
• vi. 詭辯；挑剔；說模棱兩可的話
• vt. 對…詭辯

來自quib,逃避問題實質。-le,表反複。

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.

1. Let's not quibble.

我們別斤斤計較了。

來自柯林斯例句

2. Why quibble ? It just amounted to pulling an inconsiderate monkey.

算了吧,直當是拉著個不通人情的猴子吧.

來自漢英文學 - 駱駝祥子

3. Such a quibble did not trouble Livingston and his friends.

這種詭辯並沒有把利文斯頓和他的朋友難倒.

來自辭典例句

4. She's only introducing this as a quibble.

她提出此點,純屬遁詞.

來自辭典例句

5. " Why quibble about the Yankees earning an honest penny selling out the Union?

" 北方佬出賣聯邦賺幾個老實錢,這有什麽不好 啊 ?

來自飄（部分）