| 单词 | cavil |
| 释义 | cavil From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcavilcav‧il /ˈkævəl/ verb (cavilled, cavilling British English, caviled, caviling American English) [intransitive] formalCOMPLAINto make unnecessary complaints about someone or somethingcavil atThey cavilled at our calculations. —cavil noun [countable, uncountable]→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpuscavil• However, my purpose here is not to cavil, nor to review the exhibition as a whole.• Although Chief Constables cavil occasionally they treat circulars as commands.• No one could cavil with that, either then, or in historical retrospect.Origin cavil (1500-1600) Latin cavillari “to joke, cavil”, from cavilla “joking” |
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