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。