cavils

英汉释义

• v.

  1.挑剔,吹毛求疵 (at; about)

  2.对...挑剔,对...吹毛求疵

• n.

  1.无端指摘,吹毛求疵

英英释义

• v.

  1.to argue or protest about unimportant details

英汉例句

• 1.Then, they become the critical bottleneck from which an unending series of nitpicks and cavils seem to emerge.

  然后，他们成为关键的瓶颈，在其中会出现无休止的挑挑拣拣。

• 2.He cavils about the minor points in the rules of the game.

  他对比赛规则中并不重要的细节吹毛求疵。

• 3.Thus cavils she with every thing she sees.

  这样，她见了什么，就挑什么的毛病；