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cavil

英['kævl] 美['kævl]
  • v. 挑毛病;吹毛求疵
  • n. 无端指摘;挑毛病
caviler caviled/cavilled caviled/cavilled caviling/cavilling cavils/cavils
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详细释义

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

Verb:
  1. raise trivial objections

双语例句

1. Let us not cavil too much.
我们就别太挑剔了。

来自柯林斯例句

2. A carper will cavil at anything.
爱挑剔的人对什么都挑剔.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. Even he could find nothing to cavil about.
连他都挑不出什么毛病来.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

4. I don't think this is the time to cavil at the wording of the report.
我觉得现在还不是对报告的措辞较真的时候。

来自柯林斯例句

5. 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.

来自辞典例句

    用作动词 (v.)
    1. Even he could find nothing to cavil about.
      连他都挑不出什么毛病来。
    2. He cavilled at being asked to cook his own breakfast.
      他嗔怪让他自己做早饭。

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