when that neglect shows up in the numbers we quibble about how they were calculated.
当这种忽视体现在数字上时,我们对统计工作就有所抱怨了。
although wenzhounese quibble about degrees of illegality, there is no question that stepping over the line can lead to serious consequences.
虽然温州人对于其合法性含糊其辞,但是毫无疑问一旦胆敢越雷池一步将会有十分严重的后果。
don't quibble about unimportant things with me.
不要跟我争论无关紧要的事。
example: in order to impede progress, one of the committee members used to quibble about small details.
为了阻止事情取得进展,委员会的一位委员总是对细节吹毛求疵。
a pragmatist might contend that this is no time to quibble about economic theories. we need measures that get proven results.
实用主义者或许会声称,现在没有时间辩论经济理论,我们需要能证明结果的措施。
a pragmatist might contend that this is no time to quibble about economic theories.
实用主义者或许会声称,现在没有时间辩论经济理论,我们需要能证明结果的措施。
each ecological disaster or problem traces its cause back to carbon. to quibble about this is really fiddling while rome burns.
每次生态灾难或者生态问题都源于碳含量,对此如果还想为此狡辩,真可谓是大难临头却袖手旁观了。
one can quibble about the accuracy of such a definition but it also conveys the essence of what evolution really is.
对这样一个定义的精确性还可以吹毛求疵,但是这个定义也表达出了「什么是进化」的本质。
though experts still quibble about the exact nature of how the ship broke up, a consensus does seem to be forming around how titanic sank.
虽然专家们仍然在推测船体一分为二的确切原因,一种共识似乎可以解释泰坦尼克号的沉没。
why quibble about the yankees earning an honest penny selling out the union?
北方佬出卖联邦赚几个老实钱,这有什么不好啊?。
we can quibble about fruit all day, but a more productive response would be to recommit to the principle that 15 (or 17) percent proficiency just isn’t good enough, no matter where you live.
我们可以整天拿水果比喻来比喻去,但更有意义的做法是重新意识到:无论你住哪,15%或17%的合格率都远远不够好。
concrete success was defined so clearly—no one could quibble about man, moon, or decade.
对于成功有详细清晰的定义-没有人能对人,月球,或者十年内有第二个模棱两可的解释。
the american administration may quibble about multilateral law enforcement on some issues. but its cyber-sheriffs want an international posse, as soon as possible.
美国当局可能在某些问题的多边执法方面含糊其辞,但其网络安全官需要一个国际武装队,越快越好。
whether your purpose is to promote freedom, to curb it, or to quibble about its definition, the reports of freedom house, an american lobby group, make good reading.
不论您的目的是促进自由、压制自由,还是为自由的定义狡辩,「自由之家」(美国一游说团体)的报告都是很好的阅读材料。