cavil
英 ['k?v(?)l]
美['k?vl]
- vi. 吹毛求疵；挑剔
- vt. 吹毛求疵；無端指摘
- n. 吹毛求疵；苛責；無端的指責
實用場景例句
- Let us not cavil too much...
- 我們就別太挑剔了。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- I don't think this is the time to cavil at the wording of the report.
- 我覺得現在還不是對報告的措辭較真的時候。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- A carper will cavil at anything.
- 愛挑剔的人對什么都挑剔.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- Even he could find nothing to cavil about.
- 連他都挑不出什么毛病來.
《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
- Cavil will enter in at any hole, and if it finds none if will make one.
- 苛責簡直無孔不入,沒孔也能挖個洞;欲加之罪,何患無辭.
期刊摘選
- Most practitioners reject the idea of a " new science " and cavil even at the word futurology.
- 大多數實踐者反對 “ 新科學 ” 的這一想法,甚至對未來學這個詞吹毛求疵.
辭典例句
- I don't think this is the time to cavil at the wording of the report.
- 我覺得現在還不是對報告的措辭較真的時候。
柯林斯例句
- Let us not cavil too much.
- 我們就別太挑剔了。
柯林斯例句