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cap·tious 英ˈkæpʃəs美ˈkæpʃəsAHDkăpʹshəs 高四ＧＳＴ宝COCA¹⁷⁷¹⁰⁶BNC⁹⁷²³³⁺⁷
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adj.吹毛求疵的⁸⁴;强词夺理的¹⁶副词captiously名词captiousness
挑剔
Adjective:
tending to find and call attention to faults;a captious pedant an excessively demanding and faultfinding tutor 发音释义：'kæpʃəs adj.挑剔的；吹毛求疵的；欺骗性的、有意使人困惑的问题；故弄玄虚的
结构分析：captious = captio欺骗、误导+ous形容词后缀→欺骗性的
词源解释：captio←拉丁语captio欺骗、误导←拉丁语captuscapere的过去分词←capere抓
captious一词的本意是“欺骗性的”，常用来表示具有欺骗性、暗藏陷阱、有意误导的问题。后来词义发生变化，主要用来表示“喜欢发现别人微小错误的”，即“吹毛求疵的”。
词组习语：captious criticism吹毛求疵的评论；captious questions误导性问题钱博士capt抓住+ion名词后缀，表行为+ous形容词后缀，喜欢…的→喜欢抓毛病这种行为的⇒挑剔的，吹毛求疵的
词根cap-抓住，持有，容纳来自拉丁语，过去分词形式及反复动词形式为capt-。它和日耳曼词根hav-持有，保持最终都源自原始印欧语词根*kap-抓住，持有，容纳。GRE红宝书cap拿, ous多一拿很多别人的缺点一吹毛求疵的
caption 文章尤其是论文的标题,总是吹毛求疵,还有第一第二作者之争；captain也容易有这毛病
capt拿+ious→拿 别人的缺点→吹毛求疵的capt抓住+ion名词后缀，表行为+ous形容词后缀，喜欢…的→喜欢抓毛病这种行为的⇒挑剔的，吹毛求疵的。GRE难词记忆captious→cautious a.小心谨慎的→对吹毛求疵的上司要小心谨慎词根记忆capt拿+ ious → 拿别人的缺点说事 ⇒吹毛求疵的GRE难词记忆captious→captain n.船长→吹毛求疵的船长近义词 petty小的devious迂回的critical批评的pedantic迂腐的negative否定的unfair不公平的trivial不重要的censorious苛评的nitpicking挑剔的contentious好辩的malicious怀恶意的pettifogging讼棍的confusing使人困惑的misleading令人误解的disingenuous不老实的bewildering令人困惑的faultfinding吹毛求疵的行为…entrapping动词entrap的现在进…hairsplitting做无益的细小区别…
adj.very critical
同义词 acrimonious,cantankerous,carping,caviling,cavillous,censorious,contrary,crabby,cross,demanding,deprecating,disparaging,exacting,exceptive,fault-finding,finicky,hypercritical,irritable,nagging,nit-picking,overcritical,peevish,perverse,petulant,sarcastic,severe,testy,touchy
反义词 commendatory,complimentary,encouraging,flattering,laudatory,praising
Pecksniffianadjective hypocritical
affected,artificial,assuming,bland,canting,caviling,deceptive,deluding,dissembling,double,double-dealing,duplicitous,faithless,false,feigning,fishy,fraudulent,glib,hollow,insincere,jivey,left-handed,lying,moralistic,oily,pharisaic,pharisaical,phony,pietistic,pious,sanctimonious,self-righteous,smooth,smooth-spoken,smooth-tongued,snide,specious,spurious,two-faced,unctuous,unnatural,unreliable
cantankerousadjective difficult, crabby
bad-tempered,bearish,bloody-minded,captious,choleric,contrary,cranky,critical,cross,crotchety,crusty,disagreeable,dour,grouchy,grumpy,huffy,ill-humored,ill-natured,irascible,irritable,morose,obstinate,ornery,peevish,perverse,petulant,prickly,quarrelsome,snappish,sour,stubborn,testy,vinegarish,vinegary
censoriousadjective very critical
accusatory,captious,carping,caviling,cavillous,chiding,complaining,condemnatory,condemning,critical,culpatory,denouncing,disapproving,disparaging,fault-finding,hypercritical,overcriticalreprehendingreproaching,severe
crabbieradjective irritable
acid,acrid,acrimonious,awkward,bad-tempered,blunt,brusque,captious,choleric,chuffy,churlish,crabbed,cranky,cross,crotchety,crusty,cynical,difficult,dour,fretful,gloomy,glum,grouchy,harsh,huffy,ill-humored,ill-tempered,irascible,misanthropic,morose,mumpish,nasty-tempered,peevish,perverse,petulant,prickly,saturnine,snappish,sour,splenetic,sulky,sullen,surly,tart,testy,tough,trying,unsociable
crabbiestadjective irritable
acid,acrid,acrimonious,awkward,bad-tempered,blunt,brusque,captious,choleric,chuffy,churlish,crabbed,cranky,cross,crotchety,crusty,cynical,difficult,dour,fretful,gloomy,glum,grouchy,harsh,huffy,ill-humored,ill-tempered,irascible,misanthropic,morose,mumpish,nasty-tempered,peevish,perverse,petulant,prickly,saturnine,snappish,sour,splenetic,sulky,sullen,surly,tart,testy,tough,trying,unsociable
crabbyadjective irritable
acid,acrid,acrimonious,awkward,bad-tempered,blunt,brusque,captious,choleric,chuffy,churlish,crabbed,cranky,cross,crotchety,crusty,cynical,difficult,dour,fretful,gloomy,glum,grouchy,harsh,huffy,ill-humored,ill-tempered,irascible,misanthropic,morose,mumpish,nasty-tempered,peevish,perverse,petulant,prickly,saturnine,snappish,sour,splenetic,sulky,sullen,surly,tart,testy,tough,trying,unsociable As for domestic requirements, FDI not only promotes the market growth, it also cultivates expert and captious customers;
就国内需求条件而言， FDI在促进国内市场成长的同时，培育了内行而又挑剔的客户群； cnki
His criticisms were always captious and frivolous, never offering constructive suggestions.
他的评论一向轻率并爱吹毛求疵，从不提出有建设性的建议。 iciba
Only the best product quality can attract more and more captious customers;
唯有最好的产品品质，才能吸引愈来愈挑剔的顾客； weight-union
Papaya the truth not love to eat now, maybe you didn't believe me so love to eat, fruit no captious people ah, yes is like that.
木瓜说实话不爱吃啦，也许你不信我那么爱吃，水果无一挑剔的人啊，是的就是那样的。 blog.sina.com.cn |