- cavil
- ['kævil]
- 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
参考例子
- 1.Although his composition was flawless, the teacher was always cavilling 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。
- 2.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;
- 3.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。
英文解释
- n.
- 1.an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections
- 2.raise trivial objections
网络释义
- cavil
- 挑剔; 尖锤; 找错; 吹毛求疵或琐屑的指责;
- Henry Cavil
- 卡维尔;
- cavil about
- 挑剔; 挑剔, 吹毛求疵;
- cavil at
- 挑剔; 无端指南; 找岔子;
- cavil at the price
- 在价格上的挑剔; 驳价;