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cavil是什么意思

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cavil 是什么意思

过去式:caviled   过去分词:caviled   现在分词:caviling   

中文翻译与英英解释

vi.
(-ll-) 挑剔,吹毛求疵 (at; about)。
vt.
对…挑剔,对…吹毛求疵。
n.
无端指摘,吹毛求疵。
-(l)er n.
吹毛求疵的人。
an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections
同义词:quibble, quiddity,

raise trivial objections
同义词:carp, chicane,

例句与用法

1.D'alembert has tried to undermine by various cavils .
达兰贝尔百般挑剔试图暗中败坏它。

2.D'alembert has tried to undermine by various cavils .
D'Alembert百般挑剔试图暗中破坏。

3.Most practitioners reject the idea of a "new science" and cavil even at the word futurology .
大多数实践者反对“新科学”的这一想法,甚至对未来学这个词吹毛求疵。

4.Even he could find nothing to cavil about
连他都挑不出什么毛病来。

5.Connie looked at hilda . i wish you wouldn t cavil , hilda
“我希望你不要拔是非罢,希尔达。 ”

6.He cavils about the minor points in the rules of the game
他对比赛规则中并不重要的细节吹毛求疵。

7.His posture - flat upon his back , with his hands crossed upon his stomach and tied with something that he easily broke without profitably altering the situation - the strict confinement of his entire person , the black darkness and profound silence , made a body of evidence impossible to controvert and he accepted it without cavil
他的姿势(身体平躺,双手交错放在肚子上,手腕被什么东西绑着,而他是不需调整最佳姿势就可以轻松挣断这个东西的) 、他被牢牢禁锢着的身体、漆黑的夜色和悚然的寂静,这一切都是无可辩驳的证据,他只能无可奈何地接受。

8.Yet we have to admit we cannot demonstrate its truth beyond all possible cavil and , further , we have to recognize that the communication which we have with other persons may be less complete than we imagine , but in spite of all this , we feel that it is more than a reasonable assumption - it is a practical certainty - that other persons exist and that we are able to communicate our thoughts to them
但是,我们必得承认,对此真实现象的证明不可能达到无懈可击,而且我们还需要进一步了解,我们跟他人的交谈,可能不像我们想象的那么完备,可是,尽管有这些顾虑,我们对于他人的存在,以及我们能够把自己的思想传达给他人之类的认定,觉得已经超出合乎常理的假定? ?它实际上是毫无疑问的事实。

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