第三人稱(chēng)單數:cavils現在分詞:cavilling過(guò)去分詞:cavilled過(guò)去式:cavilled
cavil基本解釋
不及物動(dòng)詞挑剔,吹毛求疵
名詞吹毛求疵的意見(jiàn)
cavil相關(guān)例句
不及物動(dòng)詞
1. Even he could find nothing to cavil about.
連他都挑不出什么毛病來(lái)。
cavil網(wǎng)絡(luò )解釋
1. 吹毛求疵或瑣屑的指責:roil 攪混 使煩惱或不安;使生氣 | cavil 吹毛求疵或瑣屑的指責 | cavalry 騎兵
2. 挑剔:caveman 穴居人 | cavil 挑剔 | cavity of skull 顱腔
3. 吹毛求疵:carp吹毛求疵 | cavil吹毛求疵 | censorious挑剔
4. 找錯;尖錘:cavi-jet 氣蝕射流 | cavil 找錯;尖錘 | caving 形成洞穴
cavil詞典解釋
in AM, use 美國英語(yǔ)用 caviling, caviled1. 挑剔;吹毛求疵
If you say that someone cavils at something, you mean that they make criticisms of it that you think are unimportant or unnecessary.
e.g. Let us not cavil too much...
我們就別太挑剔了。
e.g. I don't think this is the time to cavil at the wording of the report.
我覺(jué)得現在還不是對報告的措辭較真的時(shí)候。
cavil英英釋義
noun
1. an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections
Synonym: quibblequiddity
verb
1. raise trivial objections
Synonym: carpchicane