cavil / ˈkæv əl /

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cavil3 个定义

v. 无主动词 verb

cav·iled, cav·il·ing or cav·illed, cav·il·ling.

  1. to raise irritating and trivial objections; find fault with unnecessarily: He finds something to cavil at in everything I say.
v. 有主动词 verb

cav·iled, cav·il·ing or cav·illed, cav·il·ling.

  1. to oppose by inconsequential, frivolous, or sham objections: to cavil each item of a proposed agenda.
n. 名词 noun
  1. a trivial and annoying objection.
  2. the raising of such objections.

cavil 近义词

v. 动词 verb

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cavil 的近义词 3

更多cavil例句

  1. It would be foolish to cavil about living in any city, with its many pleasures and diversions, he says.
  2. There is no hesitation, cavil, or debate in the acceptance of it as a duty.
  3. I should n't want to have it go abroad that we had not acted formally, if there was any one disposed to cavil.
  4. Of this he complains, with some cause, as it afterwards occasioned numbers of unsanctified critics to laugh and cavil at him.
  5. Some discontented Frerons or Arnauds, might cavil against it: but this was rebellion, not controversy.
  6. This appeared to be a contradiction in terms, but public apathy accepted it without cavil.