大学英语词汇短语释义解析及例句 cavil


释义：

cavil v. 无端指责；对……吹毛求疵
n. 吹毛求疵的意见
n. （Cavil）（美）凯维乐（人名）
[ 复数 cavils 第三人称单数 cavils 现在分词 cavilling或caviling 过去式 cavilled或caviled 过去分词 cavilled或caviled ]

例句：



Let us not cavil too much.

我们不要太吹毛求疵。



I don't think this is the time to cavil at the wording of the report.

我认为现在不是对这份报告的措辞吹毛求疵的时候。



A carper will cavil at anything.

爱挑剔的人对什么都挑剔。



To find fault or criticize for petty reasons; cavil .

吹毛求疵找碴子或为了琐屑的原因而批评；



Anne, far from wishing to cavil at the pleasure, replied, "I can easily believe it."

安妮决不想对这种乐趣吹毛求疵，于是答道：“这我完全可以相信。”



Although his composition was flawless, the teacher was always cavil ling at his handwriting.

虽然他的作文写得完美无瑕，但老师对他的书法总是百般挑剔。



Attempts to understand or imagine her inner life tend to be a bit stilted, perhaps because the author is a historian, not a novelist. But this is a small cavil.

可能因为作者是名历史学家而非小说家，所以在尝试理解或想像她的内在生活时有点呆板，但是这是吹毛求疵。