caviler
/kav-uhl/US // ˈkæv əl //UK // (ˈkævɪl) //
穴居人,穴居者,蛀虫,穴居士
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v.无主动词 verb
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cav·iled, cav·il·ing or cav·illed, cav·il·ling.
- : 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
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cav·iled, cav·il·ing or cav·illed, cav·il·ling.
- : to oppose by inconsequential, frivolous, or sham objections: to cavil each item of a proposed agenda.
n.名词 noun
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- : a trivial and annoying objection.
- : the raising of such objections.
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Examples
Mr. Caviler, your voice is harsh and grating too when you get very angry, isn't it?
Let the real Christian come into the presence of the caviler, stand before his very eyes, and the caviler will not see him.
I say these things to teach us to be careful not to join the caviler in judging presumptuously the work and Word of God.
What a triumphant answer to the caviler who could say, "Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?"
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