英语词汇cavil怎么读，是什么意思，单词翻译、读音、固定搭配用法和短语词组及例句-英汉双解词典

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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单词	cavil
释义	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。 Trends of cavil View usage for:All yearsLast 10 yearsLast 50 yearsLast 100 yearsLast 300 years
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