cavil
cavil 英 [ˈkævl] 美 [ˈkævəl]
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
进行时:cavilling 过去式:cavilled 过去分词:cavilled 第三人称单数:cavils 名词复数:cavils
- If your only cavil to your family's trip to Disney World is that you don't like airline food, you're not representing the anti-Mickey side of the argument very well. A cavil is a small or petty objection.
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- 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
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1. There was a time when people loved to carp and cavil at the post-1980s generation, either referring to them as the “beat generation” or claiming they were wet behind the ears.
曾几何时，人们还对“80后”评头论足，或感叹他们是“垮掉的一代”，或认为他们很嫩很青涩。
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2. 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。
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3. Let us not cavil too much.
我们就别太挑剔了。
- cavil (v.) "to raise frivolous objections, find fault without good reason," 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," which is related to calumnia "slander, false accusation" (see calumny). Related: Caviller, cavilling.
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