cavil
- 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
实用场景例句
- Let us not cavil too much...
- 我们就别太挑剔了。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- A carper will cavil at anything.
- 爱挑剔的人对什么都挑剔.
《简明英汉词典》
- Even he could find nothing to cavil about.
- 连他都挑不出什么毛病来.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- Cavil will enter in at any hole, and if it finds none if will make one.
- 苛责简直无孔不入,没孔也能挖个洞;欲加之罪,何患无辞.
期刊摘选
- 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.
辞典例句
- 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。
柯林斯例句
- Let us not cavil too much.
- 我们就别太挑剔了。
柯林斯例句