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cavil    
n. 无端的指责,挑剔
vi.
vt. 吹毛求疵

无端的指责,挑剔吹毛求疵

cavil
n 1: an evasion of the point of an argument by raising
irrelevant distinctions or objections [synonym: {quibble},
{quiddity}, {cavil}]
v 1: raise trivial objections [synonym: {cavil}, {carp}, {chicane}]

Kevel \Kev"el\, n. [Prov. E. kevil, cavel, rod, pole, a large
hammer, horse's bit; cf. Icel. kefli cylinder, a stick,
mangle, and Dan. kievle a roller.]
1. (Naut.) A strong cleat to which large ropes are belayed.
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2. A stone mason's hammer. [Written also {cavil}.]
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{Kevel head} (Naut.), a projecting end of a timber, used as a
kevel. Kevel


Cavil \Cav"il\ (k[a^]v"[i^]l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Caviled} or
{Cavilled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Caviling} or {Cavilling}.] [L.
cavillari to practice jesting, to censure, fr. cavilla
bantering jests, sophistry: cf. OF. caviller.]
To raise captious and frivolous objections; to find fault
without good reason.
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You do not well in obstinacy
To cavil in the course of this contract. --Shak.
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Cavil \Cav"il\, v. t.
To cavil at. [Obs.] --Milton.
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Cavil \Cav"il\, n.
A captious or frivolous objection.
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All the cavils of prejudice and unbelief. --Shak.
[1913 Webster] Caviler

117 Moby Thesaurus words for "cavil":
adverse criticism, animadversion, argue, argufy, around the bush,
aspersion, bad notices, bad press, bandy words, beat about,
beg the question, bicker, boggle, captiousness, carp, carping,
catch at straws, caviling, censoriousness, censure, chicane,
choplogic, complain, complaint, contend, contest, criticism,
criticize, cross swords, cut and thrust, cut up, demur, discept,
dispute, dodge, equivocate, evade, evade the issue, exception,
fault-find, faultfinding, fence, find fault, flak, give and take,
hairsplitting, hassle, have it out, hedge, hit, home thrust,
hostile criticism, hypercriticalness, hypercriticism, imputation,
jesuitism, join issue, knock, lock horns, logomachize, moot,
mystify, nagging, niggle, niggling, nit, nit-picking, nitpick,
object, obloquy, obscure, overcriticalness, palter, parry,
pestering, pettifog, pettifogging, pick holes, pick nits,
pick to pieces, plead, polemicize, polemize, prevaricate,
priggishness, pull apart, pull to pieces, pussyfoot, quibble,
quibbling, quiddity, quillet, quip, quirk, quodlibet, rap,
reflection, reproachfulness, shift, shuffle, shy, sidestep, slam,
spar, split hairs, stricture, swipe, take exception, take sides,
taking exception, tear apart, tear to pieces, tergiversate,
thrash out, trichoschistism, try conclusions, wrangle


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