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v.挑毛病²²;吹毛求疵⁵⁶n.无端指摘²²;挑毛病名词caviler/cavilled过去分词caviled/cavilled现在分词caviling/cavilling三单cavils/cavils
挑剔
Noun:
an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections
Verb:
raise trivial objections来自法语动词caviller嘲笑，源自拉丁语动词cavillari嘲笑，派生自名词cavilla嘲笑，与单词challenge挑战、质疑词源相关，与词根cav-中空的词源无关。GRE红宝书cav = cave牙洞, il = ill病了: 给牙挑毛病－吹毛求疵civiladj 全民的; 市民的; 有礼貌的不会cavil
cave 洞 + ill 病→找有毛病的洞，吹毛求疵联想记忆civil公民的；有礼貌的→ 文明人不会挑剔别人缺点cavil联想记忆civil公民的；有礼貌的⇒ 文明人不会挑剔别人缺点cavilGRE难词记忆cavil→civil a.市民的→挑市民的毛病近义词 carp鲤鱼object物体quibble争论complain抱怨quiddity本质chicane减速弯道split hairs作无益的琐细的区别…
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用作动词Even he could find nothing tocavilabout.连他都挑不出什么毛病来。
Hecavilledat being asked to cook his own breakfast.他嗔怪让他自己做早饭。verb.quibble
同义词 carp,criticizefind fault
bickerverb nastily argue
altercate,brawl,caterwaul,cause a scene,dig,disagree,dispute,fall out,fight,hassle,pick at,quarrel,quibble,row,scrap,scrape,spar,spat,squabble,tiff,trade zingers,wrangle
carpverb nag
bother,cavil,censure,complain,criticize,find fault,fuss,grumble,hypercriticize,knock,nitpick,objurgate,pan,peck,pick at,quibble,reproach
carpedverb nag
bothered,cavilled,censured,complained,criticized,found fault,fussed,grumbled,hypercriticized,knocked,nitpicked,objurgated,panned,pecked,picked at,quibbled,reproached
censureverb condemn;criticize severely
abuse,admonish,animadvert,asperse,attack,backbite,berate,blame,carp at,castigate,cavil,chastise,chide,contemn,cut up,denigrate,denounce,deprecate,disapprove,discipline,disparage,exprobate,find fault with,get after,impugn,incriminate,judge,knock,lecture,look askance,ostracize,pick apart,pull apart,read out,rebuff,rebuke,remonstrate,reprehend,reprimand,reproach,reprove,scold,take to task,tear apart,tell off,upbraid
complainverb grumble about
accuse,ascribe,attack,beef,bellyache,bemoan,bewail,bitch,carp,cavil,charge,contravene,criticize,defy,demur,denounce,deplore,deprecate,differ,disagree,disapprove,dissent,expostulate,find fault,fret,fuss,gainsay,grieve,gripe,groan,grouse,growl,grumble,impute,indict,kick up a fuss,lament,lay,look askance,make a fuss,moan,nag,object,oppose,protest,refute,remonstrate,repine,reproach,snivel,sound off,take exception to,wail,whimper,whine,yammer
complainedverb grumble about
accused,ascribed,attacked,beefed,bellyached,bemoaned,bewailed,bitched,carped,cavilled,charged,contravened,criticized,defied,demurred,denounced,deplored,deprecated,differed,disagreed,disapproved,dissented,expostulated,found fault,fretted,fussed,gainsaid,grieved,griped,groaned,groused,growled,grumbled,imputed,indicted,kicked up a fuss,lamented,lay,looked askance,made a fuss,moaned,nagged,objected,opposed,protested,refuted,remonstrated,repined,reproached,snivelled,sounded off,took exception to,wailed,whimpered,whined,yammered 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； kekenet
Attempts to understand or imagine her inner life tend to be a bit stilted, perhaps because the author is a historian, not a novelist. But this is a small cavil.
可能因为作者是名历史学家而非小说家，所以在尝试理解或想像她的内在生活时有点呆板，但是这是吹毛求疵。 ecocn
In a1995 race case, Justice Thomas explained without cavil why he thought the government's use of race was wrong.
在1995的种族案子上，托马斯大法官毫不苛责的解释，为什么他认为政府使用种族登记是错误的。 ecocn |