| 单词 | cavil |
| 释义 | cavilWord family nouncavillationcavillercavillingverbcavil cav·il /ˈkævəl/ verb (cavilled, cavilling British EnglishBrE, caviled, caviling American EnglishAmE) [intransitiveI] formal COMPLAINto make unnecessary complaints about someone or something 无端指责，挑剔，（对…）吹毛求疵 cavil at They cavilled at our calculations. 他们对我们的计算百般挑剔。 —cavil noun [countableC, uncountableU] Examples from the Corpus cavil• However, my purpose here is not to cavil, nor to review the exhibition as a whole.• Although Chief Constables cavil occasionally they treat circulars as commands.• No one could cavil with that, either then, or in historical retrospect. (1500-1600) Latin cavillari “to joke, cavil”, from cavilla “joking” |
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