cavil是什么意思？

cavil

英[ˈkævl] 美[ˈkævəl]

• vi. 挑剔，吹毛求疵；
• n. 吹毛求疵的意见；

过去式：cavilled;

过去分词：cavilled;

现在分词：cavilling;

第三人称单数：cavils;

例句

• Even he could find nothing to cavil about. 连他都挑不出什么毛病来.
• Let us not cavil too much. 我们就别太挑剔了。
• A carper will cavil at anything. 爱挑剔的人对什么都挑剔.
• 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。
• Let us not cavil too much... 我们就别太挑剔了。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  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.
  例句
  Let us not cavil too much... 我们就别太挑剔了。 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。

英汉词典释义

• vi.
  挑剔,吹毛求疵
  A carper will cavil at anything. 爱挑剔的人对什么都挑剔。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections
• Verb
  1. raise trivial objections