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

1. an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections

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

来自PIE*kel, 欺骗，挑刺，词源同calumny, challenge.

1. Let us not cavil too much.

我们就别太挑剔了。

来自柯林斯例句

2. A carper will cavil at anything.

爱挑剔的人对什么都挑剔.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. Even he could find nothing to cavil about.

连他都挑不出什么毛病来.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

4. 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。

来自柯林斯例句

5. 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.

来自辞典例句

cavil

cavil: see challenge

cavil (v.)

1540s, from Middle French caviller "to mock, jest," from Latin cavillari "to jeer, mock; satirize, argue scoffingly" (also source of Italian cavillare, Spanish cavilar), from cavilla "jest, jeering," related to calumnia (see calumny).