英语释义

• argue over petty things;

  "Let's not quibble over pennies"

• worry unnecessarily or excessively;

  "don't fuss too much over the grandchildren--they are quite big now"

片语

carp at挑剔

find fault with挑剔；批评；抱怨

英汉例句

• i sometimes worry something might get worse but usually by the next day that has gone and another niggle has appeared.

  有时我担心某事要出问题，但通常到了第二天，这件事就不存在了，取而代之的是另外一桩小麻烦。

• tom enders, airbus’s ceo, says that the last remaining niggle was whether the company could spare enough senior engineers for the project without hurting other new planes in the works.

  而空客ceo表示唯一的问题就是能否为此腾出足够的资深工程师而不致影响其他的在产机型。

• anomalies can be annoying, they can niggle and cause discomfort.

  异常现象令人烦恼，它们在理论上吹毛求疵，让人不适。

• he gets the occasional niggle in his right shoulder.

  他的右肩有时感到轻微的疼痛。

• most of the time, you take your office computers for granted. okay, there's a niggle or two, but generally the it folks can sort it out.

  大多数时候，你并不重视办公室的电脑。好，这时电脑出现了一两个问题，但是通常来说搞it的伙计们会解决它。

• it will niggle away in the back of your mind like a lost cliffhanger.

  就好像你心里埋下了下周电视剧的悬念一样。

• according to hitzfeld, the peruvian striker has a niggle on his left knee and the paraguayan forward has a strained muscle.

  根据希斯非尔德表示秘鲁射手的左膝有伤，而巴拉圭前锋则是肌肉拉伤。

• we had tremendous difficulty getting the agreement signed every clause was niggle over.

  使这个协议签署我们还有巨大的困难，每一个条款都要费时讨论。

相似词

carp鲤鱼；抱怨；鲤科属鱼

cavil吹毛求疵的意见

fuss大惊小怪；反对，抗议；繁琐的手续；（为小事）大发牢骚

nitpick对…吹毛求疵

quibble诡辩；挑剔；说模棱两可的话