intransitive. To dispute captiously or obstinately; to cavil or quibble. Const. with, against a person; about, on, at, for a thing.
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| 释义 | the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > excessive subtlety, hair-splitting > frivolous, captious objection > raise captiously [verb (intransitive)] (7) brabblec1500 intransitive. To dispute captiously or obstinately; to cavil or quibble. Const. with, against a person; about, on, at, for a thing. cavil1548 intransitive. ‘To raise captious and frivolous objections’ (Johnson); to object, dispute, or find fault unfairly or without good reason. Const. at… shuffle1602 To act in a shifting or evasive manner; to shift one's ground in argument, etc.; to make use of deceitful pretences or shifty answers. to lie at catch or upon the catch1611 to lie in ambush, in wait, †in await (see the nouns). †to lie for = to lie in wait for. to lie at catchor upon the catch (? archaic or dialect)… to shuffle up and down1633 So to shuffle up and down. chicane1705 intransitive. To quibble with a person or thing; to quibble about or over something; to dwell needlessly and pettily on (also upon) something to… Subcategories:— search captiously (1) |
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