cavil

释义

vi.挑剔，吹毛求疵

词态变化

第三人称单数 :   cavils ; 过去式 :   cavilled ; 过去分词 :   cavilled ; 现在分词 :   cavilling ;

实用场景例句

Don't cavil over trivial matters.

别在小事上挑剔。

金山词霸

Criticizing the report's wording now strikes me as needless cavil.

现在批评报告的措辞在我看来是无谓的挑剔。

金山词霸

A carper will cavil at anything.

爱挑剔的人对什么都挑剔.

《简明英汉词典》

Even he could find nothing to cavil about.

连他都挑不出什么毛病来.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

Cavil will enter in at any hole, and if it finds none if will make one.

苛责简直无孔不入,没孔也能挖个洞;欲加之罪,何患无辞.

期刊摘选

Most practitioners reject the idea of a " new science " and cavil even at the word futurology.

大多数实践者反对 “ 新科学 ” 的这一想法,甚至对未来学这个词吹毛求疵.

辞典例句

It's not the moment to quibble about the wording of the report.

现在不是对报告的措辞挑刺的时候。

金山词霸

Don't cavil at the minor details.

别在小细节上挑剔。

金山词霸

英英释义

Noun

1. an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections

Verb

1. raise trivial objections