quibbling

quibbling about minor points of grammar;

对语法微小处吹毛求；

they are always quibbling about the amount they are prepared to pay.

对需要支付数量总是斤斤计较。

such quibbling over semantics may seem petty stuff.

像这类对语义问题争论可能显得轻重。

he tried to create a smokescreen by quibbling about the statistics.

通过在统计数字上找茬来制造烟幕掩盖真相。