英语词汇“cavil”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

If your only cavil to your family's trip to Disney World is that you don't like airline food, you're not representing the anti-Mickey side of the argument very well. A cavil is a small or petty objection.

Cavil is not a word that comes up all that often. You can replace it with the more commonly used word quibble and still have the same meaning. If you cavil over a restaurant bill, you argue about the minute, unimportant details of who owes what –– like whether your portion of the bill is $10.00 or $10.50.

WORD FAMILY

cavil: caviled, caviler, caviling, cavilled, cavilling, cavils+/caviler: cavilers

USAGE EXAMPLES

Journalists may cavil about Britain's "rickety constitutional arrangements", but how are ours doing these days?

New York Times(Oct 16, 2016)

There is much to cavil about along these lines.

New York Times(Sep 28, 2016)

Despite my few cavils, “Avid Reader” will be avidly read by anyone interested in the publishing world of the past 60 years.

Washington Post(Sep 14, 2016)

1v raise trivial objections

Syn|Hyper

carp, chicane

object

express or raise an objection or protest or criticism or express dissent

2n an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections

Syn|Hyper

quibble, quiddity

equivocation, evasion

a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth

单词	cavil
释义	cavil (once / 4385 pages) vn If your only cavil to your family's trip to Disney World is that you don't like airline food, you're not representing the anti-Mickey side of the argument very well. A cavil is a small or petty objection. Cavil is not a word that comes up all that often. You can replace it with the more commonly used word quibble and still have the same meaning. If you cavil over a restaurant bill, you argue about the minute, unimportant details of who owes what –– like whether your portion of the bill is $10.00 or $10.50. WORD FAMILY cavil: caviled, caviler, caviling, cavilled, cavilling, cavils+/caviler: cavilers USAGE EXAMPLES Journalists may cavil about Britain's "rickety constitutional arrangements", but how are ours doing these days? New York Times(Oct 16, 2016) There is much to cavil about along these lines. New York Times(Sep 28, 2016) Despite my few cavils, “Avid Reader” will be avidly read by anyone interested in the publishing world of the past 60 years. Washington Post(Sep 14, 2016) 1v raise trivial objections Syn\|Hyper carp, chicane object express or raise an objection or protest or criticism or express dissent 2n an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections Syn\|Hyper quibble, quiddity equivocation, evasion a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth
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