| 词汇 | cavil |
| 释义 | cavil verb[ I ] formaluk /ˈkæv.əl/ us /ˈkæv.əl/-ll- or US usually-l- to make unreasonable complaints, especially about things that are not important无端指责;挑剔，吹毛求疵 Synonym carp Complaining be/go on at someoneidiom bellyaching bemoan bewail brouhaha bugger, sod, etc. this for a lark!idiom carping clamour complain make noisesidiom mutter nag pardon remonstrate representation squawk start on at someone unreported vituperation whiner cavil noun[ C ] formaluk /ˈkæv.əl/ us /ˈkæv.əl/ an unreasonable complaint, especially about something that is not important: The one cavil I have about the book is that it is written as a diary. The main cavil is that the whole film goes on for too long. One slight cavil is that the author could have given more sense of the process of historical change. I cannot defend the system against all cavils or criticisms from any source. If I have any cavil with his new piece, it lies in its lack of adventurousness. Complaining be/go on at someoneidiom bellyaching bemoan bewail brouhaha bugger, sod, etc. this for a lark!idiom carping clamour complain make noisesidiom mutter nag pardon remonstrate representation squawk start on at someone unreported vituperation whiner Examples of cavilcavil Here a minor cavil must be registered at the poor quality of these illustrations, which are difficult (and in one case impossible) to read. Apart from this relatively small cavil, however, this book is undeniably a tour de force of scholarship. They would no doubt find plenty at which to cavil, as always. Such caviling leads on to my final point. These cavils are in a certain sense irrelevant, however. But one should not cavil. But this is merely to cavil. But this is really a cavil. But we need not cavil about this. Overall, there is little to cavil at. But the above is to cavil. It is, therefore, valueless for coal-mining spokesmen to cavil at the increase in the consumption of petrol and petroleum products in this country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not think that it would be very gracious for us to cavil about the matter. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The money resolution provides, in the usual form, for covering expenses—one cannot cavil at that. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He marshals his arguments with immense skill, and we know that normally we follow his lead without cavil. 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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