cavil at

cavil at 基本解释

挑剔, 吹毛求疵

cavil at 用法和例句

1、A caper will cavil at anything.

爱挑剔的人总是有话说。

2、A carper will cavil at anything.

爱挑剔的人对什么都挑剔。

3、Captain Paget could find nothing to cavil at.

佩吉特船长找不到任何可加挑剔的地方。

4、I don't think this is the time to cavil at the wording of the report.

我觉得现在还不是对报告的措辞较真的时候。

重点词汇

cavil n. 无端的指责, 挑剔 v. 吹毛求疵