cavil
英 ['k?v(?)l]
美 ['k?vl]
- vi. 吹毛求疵；挑剔
- vt. 吹毛求疵；無端指摘
- n. 吹毛求疵；苛責；無端的指責
助記提示
cavil：cavity?ill。從小洞里面找錯誤，雞蛋里面挑骨頭——挑毛病，吹毛求疵。
中文詞源
cavil 吹毛求疵來自PIE*kel, 欺騙，挑刺，詞源同calumny, challenge.
英文詞源
- 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).
雙語例句
- 1. Let us not cavil too much.
- 我們就別太挑剔了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. A carper will cavil at anything.
- 愛挑剔的人對什么都挑剔.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. Even he could find nothing to cavil about.
- 連他都挑不出什么毛病來.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 4. I don't think this is the time to cavil at the wording of the report.
- 我覺得現在還不是對報告的措辭較真的時候。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. Most practitioners reject the idea of a " new science " and cavil even at the word futurology.
- 大多數實踐者反對 “ 新科學 ” 的這一想法,甚至對未來學這個詞吹毛求疵.
來自辭典例句