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cavil

/ˈkæv.ɪl/

翻译: 名词,指琐碎或无关紧要的反对意见或批评,常指为回避争论要点而提出的吹毛求疵的异议。, 动词,指提出琐碎或无谓的反对意见或批评,常针对细枝末节挑剔。

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词语关系

noun

/ˈkæv.ɪl/C2formal
  • zh名词,指琐碎或无关紧要的反对意见或批评,常指为回避争论要点而提出的吹毛求疵的异议。

A noun referring to a petty or trivial objection or criticism, often used to evade the main point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions.

  1. Trivial objectionC2formal

    A petty or unnecessary objection or criticism, often used to avoid the main point of an argument.

    zh吹毛求疵

    • His response was full of cavils rather than addressing the core issue.
    • She dismissed his cavil as irrelevant to the discussion.
    • The lawyer's cavil only delayed the proceedings.

    同义词nigglenitpickquibble

词形
  • cavils plural form
  • cavils' possessive plural form
  • cavil's possessive singular form
Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

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Vocabulary data from the Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset (CC BY 4.0), https://huggingface.co/datasets/Fristail27/vocab-bloom-hub-en

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verb

/ˈkæv.ɪl/C2formal
  • zh动词,指提出琐碎或无谓的反对意见或批评,常针对细枝末节挑剔。

A verb meaning to make petty or unnecessary objections or criticisms, often about trivial details.

  1. Raise trivial objectionsC2formal

    To make petty or unnecessary objections or criticisms about minor details.

    zh吹毛求疵

    • He tends to cavil about the wording of every contract clause.
    • She caviled at the color of the logo, even though the design was perfect.
    • Critics caviled over the length of the movie, ignoring its artistic merit.

    同义词carpcomplainfind faultnitpickobjectquibble

    反义词acceptagreeapproveconcedeendorse

词形
  • caviled past participle
  • cavilled past participle
  • caviled past simple
  • cavilled past simple
  • caviling present participle
  • cavilling present participle
  • cavils third person singular
Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

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Vocabulary data from the Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset (CC BY 4.0), https://huggingface.co/datasets/Fristail27/vocab-bloom-hub-en

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所有列出的许可证均适用

Generated by language models and not human-verified: definitions, examples, levels and translations may contain errors.