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cavil
kævəl ˈkævəl
Word forms: plural , 3rd person singular present tense cavils, present participle cavilling, past tense , past participle cavilled
in AM, use 美国英语用 caviling, caviled
VERB [no passive] 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. 挑剔;吹毛求疵 [formal, disapproval]
  • Let us not cavil too much. [VERB]

    我们就别太挑剔了。

  • I don't think this is the time to cavil at the wording of the report. [VERB + at]

    我觉得现在还不是对报告的措辞较真的时候。

SYN find fault, object, complain, beef [slang]
Cavil is also a noun.
  • These cavils aside, most of the essays are very good indeed.

    这些吹毛求疵的批评暂且不论,多数论文的确是很不错的。

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