双语例句
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I don't think this is the time to cavil at the wording of the report.
我认为现在不是对这份报告的措辞吹毛求疵的时候
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Let us not cavil too much.
我们不要太吹毛求疵。
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I don't think this is the time to cavil at the wording of the report.
我认为现在不是对这份报告的措辞吹毛求疵的时候。
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A carper will cavil at anything.
爱挑剔的人对什么都挑剔。
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To find fault or criticize for petty reasons; cavil .
吹毛求疵找碴子或为了琐屑的原因而批评;
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Anne, far from wishing to cavil at the pleasure, replied, "I can easily believe it."
安妮决不想对这种乐趣吹毛求疵,于是答道:“这我完全可以相信。”
近义词
vi.
nit-pickfind quarrel in a straw
vt.
find quarrel in a strawnibble at
n.
fault-findinghypercriticism
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释义
v.
make petty or unnecessary objections
无端指摘,挑剔,吹毛求疵
n.
an objection of this kind
吹毛求疵的意见,挑剔。
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词源
"mid 16th cent.: from French caviller, from Latin cavillari, from cavilla ‘mockery’."