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

单词	cavil
释义	cavil —caviler; esp. Brit., caviller, n. —cavilingly; esp. Brit., cavillingly, adv. /kav"euhl/, v. , caviled, caviling or (esp. Brit.) cavilled, cavilling, n. v.i. 1. to raise irritating and trivial objections; find fault with unnecessarily (usually fol. by at or about): He finds something to cavil at in everything I say. v.t. 2. to oppose by inconsequential, frivolous, or sham objections: to cavil each item of a proposed agenda. n. 3. a trivial and annoying objection. 4. the raising of such objections. [1540-50; < L cavillari to jeer, scoff, quibble, v. deriv. of cavilla jesting, banter] Syn. 1. carp, complain, criticize.
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