cavil是什么意思_cavil怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

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).

词态变化

第三人称单数 cavils;
过去式 cavilled;
过去分词 cavilled;
现在分词 cavilling;

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。

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.

quibble 争论

carp 鲤鱼

split hairs 作无益的(琐细的区别)...

complain 抱怨

object 物体

quiddity 本质

chicane 减速弯道

cavil at v. 挑剔,吹毛求疵

cavil about v. 挑剔,吹毛求疵

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cavil：cavity ill。从小洞里面找错误，鸡蛋里面挑骨头——挑毛病，吹毛求疵。