| 词汇 | captious |
| 释义 | captious adjective formaluk /ˈkæp.ʃəs/ us /ˈkæp.ʃəs/ often expressing criticisms about matters that are not important吹毛求疵的，挑剔的 Critical & uncomplimentary acidulous aloof astringency astringently barbed be all very wellidiom censorious derogatory hypercritical pungently scarifying scarifyingly scathing scathingly scorchingly shade sniffy uncomplimentary venomous witheringly A captious irritability possessed me, alternating with fits of unaccountable fatigue. Amid such splendor it seems captious to point out the flaw. As a public speaker, he is earnest, forcible and argumentative without being captious. I had become captious and unreasonable: my temper was utterly spoilt. Let us not be captious, but agreeably appreciative. Examples of captiouscaptious I know this sounds paradoxical, if not captious. Criticism is never so likely to foster discontent or to be so captious as when it is entirely devoid of responsibility. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I agree with her that one should resist the temptation to be involved in captious quiddities about figures. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To my mind the most important reason is that disclosure would create or fan ill-informed or captious public or political criticism. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not put it in the nature of captious criticism. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I only desire to say that this is not captious criticism. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He must, indeed, be a captious critic who can find a pretext to make a quarrel out of that. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not say that in any captious spirit. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I draw attention to this in no captious way. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I speak not in any spirit of captious criticism. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am not going to be captious, but we ought to see what it really does. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have not spoken in any captious spirit of criticism. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no need to be captious about it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I interrupt in no captious spirit, but in order to obtain information. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I could not he less captious than that. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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