quibble
单词辨析：
指不停地抱怨某事物，令人厌烦，常后接 at sb 或 about sth。
Please stop carping at me.
请别再挑我的毛病了。
She always finds something to carp about.
她老是吹毛求疵。
尤指对琐事发牢骚，常后接介词 about。
He bellyaches about the job.
他对工作满腹牢骚。
She is bellyaching about the food.
她对饭菜很有怨言。
指对某人或某事物求全责备，不讲道理，常后接介词 at。
He cavilled at everything.
他事事挑剔。
They cavilled at our statement.
他们对我们的声明无端指责。
指对无关紧要的事斤斤计较，常后接介词 about/over。
Don't quibble about unimportant things with me.
别为无关紧要的事和我斤斤计较。
She tends to quibble over minor details.
她常为一些细枝末节而发牢骚。
相关例句：
Who can resist lines like these, or cares to quibble whether they can be defined as verse?
谁能抗拒这样的诗句，还去斤斤计较这能不能称为诗？
Let's not quibble.
我们别斤斤计较了。
These are minor quibbles.
这些不过是发发小牢骚罢了。
The quibble is in the details.
有所怀疑的是细节问题。
Kissinger felt that Rogers was quibbling, but the lawyer in Nixon supported the quibble of a fellow lawyer.
基辛格感到罗杰斯在挑刺儿。但是，律师事务所出身的尼克松支持他的同行的挑刺儿。
Still, this is a small quibble about a deeply intelligent, provocative book.
然而，对于一本深邃理智，富有挑战意味的书来说，这些只是细枝末节。