cavil
vi. 吹毛求疵；挑剔
vt. 吹毛求疵；无端指摘
n. 吹毛求疵；苛责；无端的指责
vi.
挑剔，吹毛求疵；
n.
吹毛求疵的意见；
变形
过去式：cavilled过去分词：cavilled现在分词：cavilling第三人称单数：cavils
英英释义
cavil[ 'kævil ]
n.an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections
同义词：quibblequiddity
v.raise trivial objections
同义词：carpchicane
双语例句
用作动词(v.)
Even he could find nothing to cavil about.
连他都挑不出什么毛病来。
He cavilled at being asked to cook his own breakfast.
他嗔怪让他自己做早饭。
权威例句
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cavil
cavil: see challenge
cavil (v.)
1540s, from Middle French caviller "to mock, jest," from Latin cavillari "to jeer, mock; satirize, argue scoffingly" (also source of Italian cavillare, Spanish cavilar), from cavilla "jest, jeering," related to calumnia (see calumny).
1. Let us not cavil too much.
我们不要太吹毛求疵。
《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2. I don't think this is the time to cavil at the wording of the report.
我认为现在不是对这份报告的措辞吹毛求疵的时候。
《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
3. A carper will cavil at anything.
爱挑剔的人对什么都挑剔。
youdao
4. To find fault or criticize for petty reasons; cavil .
吹毛求疵找碴子或为了琐屑的原因而批评；
youdao
5. Anne, far from wishing to cavil at the pleasure, replied, "I can easily believe it."
安妮决不想对这种乐趣吹毛求疵，于是答道：“这我完全可以相信。”
youdao
6. Although his composition was flawless, the teacher was always cavil ling at his handwriting.
虽然他的作文写得完美无瑕，但老师对他的书法总是百般挑剔。
youdao
7. Attempts to understand or imagine her inner life tend to be a bit stilted, perhaps because the author is a historian, not a novelist. But this is a small cavil.
可能因为作者是名历史学家而非小说家，所以在尝试理解或想像她的内在生活时有点呆板，但是这是吹毛求疵。
youdao
8. Attempts to understand or imagine her inner life tend to be a bit stilted, perhaps because the author is a historian, not a novelist. But this is a small cavil.
可能因为作者是名历史学家而非小说家，所以在尝试理解或想像她的内在生活时有点呆板，但是这是吹毛求疵。
youdao
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