cavil
英 ['k?v(?)l]
美['k?vl]
- vi. 吹毛求疵；挑剔
- vt. 吹毛求疵；無(wú)端指摘
- n. 吹毛求疵；苛責(zé)；無(wú)端的指責(zé)
實(shí)用場(chǎng)景例句
- Let us not cavil too much...
- 我們就別太挑剔了。
柯林斯高階英語(yǔ)詞典
- I don't think this is the time to cavil at the wording of the report.
- 我覺(jué)得現(xiàn)在還不是對(duì)報(bào)告的措辭較真的時(shí)候。
柯林斯高階英語(yǔ)詞典
- A carper will cavil at anything.
- 愛(ài)挑剔的人對(duì)什么都挑剔.
《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- Even he could find nothing to cavil about.
- 連他都挑不出什么毛病來(lái).
《現(xiàn)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(zé)簡(jiǎn)直無(wú)孔不入,沒(méi)孔也能挖個(gè)洞;欲加之罪,何患無(wú)辭.
期刊摘選
- Most practitioners reject the idea of a " new science " and cavil even at the word futurology.
- 大多數(shù)實(shí)踐者反對(duì) “ 新科學(xué) ” 的這一想法,甚至對(duì)未來(lái)學(xué)這個(gè)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(jué)得現(xiàn)在還不是對(duì)報(bào)告的措辭較真的時(shí)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