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Definition of cavil in English: cavilverbcavilled, cavils, caviling, caviled, cavilling ˈkav(ə)lˈkævəl [no object]Make petty or unnecessary objections. 无端指摘，挑剔，吹毛求疵 they cavilled at the cost 他们在成本上挑毛病。 Example sentencesExamples - It's mean to cavil over the shortcomings of a product that's given away for free but I find the installation documentation dense and obscure, filled with traps for the unwary.
- Ancona is especially fed up with critics who cavil that ‘if you're doing impressions, you're not acting’.
- So, your Honour, I think that is about all I need to say about cavilling or challenging the judgment of Justice Kirby.
- Since he is prepared to do this, there is nothing that he cannot do: his ranks of craven, sycophantic backbenchers will not cavil at anything he says.
- My only gripe, and who am I to cavil at Shakespeare, is that Pacino and Irons do such a good job that the jiggery pokery at the end about rings and sworn faithfulness seems an irritant.
- I could cavil at little details, but why should I?
- No one cavilled with her Honour's rejection of the evidence of the bus driver.
- However much critics may cavil, audiences seem happy.
- It's a fantastic achievement - and one in the eye for those who have carped and cavilled about the underperformance of Great Britain's competitors in Athens.
- Purists may cavil at the liberties taken with scientific objectivity, but as a memoirist, he is a mensch, a prince among primates.
- Many soreheads and unsympathetic people will probably cavil that this is pretty darn cool and lots of people don't get to go to Australia and experience such a beautiful land and have all these wonderful adventures.
- But while some may cavil at this, others may think it gives The Making Of Scotland character and a certain naive charm.
- So much is here that it would be absurd to cavil about exclusions; and considering the challenge Ferriter has set himself, the odd chronological infelicity can be easily accommodated.
- The opening poem, for example, Durer, Innsbruck, 1495, despite an occasional lapse which criticism might cavil at, is a very fine poem which would do credit to any anthology and to most poets.
- It is a little late for them to cavil about the details having delayed 11 years on delivering it.
- Given the existing imbalances in the US economy, one would have thought that the foreign exchange markets would have cavilled at the implications of this document.
- They are caviling that inspectors are being recruited from too many countries including Asians and Africans.
- The most devoted supporter of the right to bear arms might still cavil at the thought of arms caches under the beds of active enemies.
- This is part of the child/parent relationship and in the ideal family, the children won't cavil at this.
- I'm not suggesting that research should not proceed, but rather cavilling at the sometimes thoughtless way it has been presented to the public.
Synonyms complain, carp, grumble, moan, grouse, grouch, whine, bleat, find fault with, quibble about, niggle about criticize, censure, denounce, condemn, decry informal gripe, beef, bellyache, bitch, whinge, nitpick, pick holes in, split hairs, sound off, kick up a fuss, knock British informal chunter, create Northern English informal mither North American informal kvetch about
nounPlural cavils ˈkav(ə)lˈkævəl A petty or unnecessary objection. 无端指摘，挑剔，吹毛求疵 Example sentencesExamples - But these are minor cavils in the face of the impressive achievements of women artists from all over the world, working in every medium and in a multiplicity of styles and expressive contexts.
- This cavil aside, the exhibition is a well-paced and absorbing study of the most influential exponent of an under-rated decorative art form.
- The only cavil is that some of the extracts are on the miserly side and, from the bibliography, it is clear that the complete versions are unlikely to be available in Britain.
- His only cavils are the notoriously short battery life of PDA-phone combination devices, and the screen's relative dimness in bright sunlight - but in all other light conditions, he says, the screen is crisp and readable.
- The boundless approval of the grandchildren stilled any adult cavils about taste and decency.
- Such small cavils apart, Devine's scheme is just what schools need, to substitute coherent teaching for the present pick-'n'-mix.
- My only cavil is the short playing time of this CD.
- But although I sympathise with almost all of what Todorov says, and applaud his achievement in saying it, I have a minor cavil about the way he gets his argument going.
- However, these cavils aside, this is a very charming and delightful production and one which, as I have indicated, goes a long way to obliterate the memories of the past.
- But these are cavils: this is one of the great books of art-historical thought.
- Some additional cavils are worth mentioning, but they don't detract from what this fine work has to offer.
- My only cavil is that Rachel Blues's design has none of the ‘dinginess ‘specified in the stage directions.’
- Smiley's attempt to root the novel in a specific political climate seems an unnecessary distraction, and a few characters are too broadly typed, but these are minor cavils.
- But these are cavils and, at root, only the difference between fact and a greater, truth-telling fiction.
- But these are minor cavils compared to my problems with what the hypothesis seeks to do with these assumptions.
- Having said that, however - and recommending that you read other reviewers' previous raves to get a fuller idea of the film - I have some minor cavils to share.
- These cavils aside, it deserves to be seen as the cast, on the whole, make the evening a worthwhile, experience and it is not their fault that the authors have not provided them with better material.
- My only cavil, and this is one I level against many restaurants, is that there is a separate charge for bread which, as you are given no option to refuse it, becomes a cover charge by another name.
- These minor cavils notwithstanding, Linder deserves considerable credit for resurrecting this important work and rendering it into such lucid, vigorous English.
- Despite all such cavils, this is a work of uncommon gracefulness that repays repeated reading and viewing.
Synonyms protest, protestation, demur, demurrer, remonstrance, remonstration, exception, complaint, grievance, moan, grumble, grouse, cavil, quibble, expostulation
Derivativesnoun We don't need any more headstrong, litigious lawyers; we've been groaning under the weight of carpers and cavillers for years. Example sentencesExamples - Have these cavillers an intellect superior to Newton's own?
- Frank Hadden has certainly had his detractors down the years, but even his most stringent caviller would have to admit that this is a man who has served his time.
- Almost three years on, the carpers and cavillers are still complaining about the huge sums extracted from the telcos in the European 3G spectrum auctions.
- Of course, there will always be naysayers in this world, the sort of petty cavillers, who enjoy criticizing folks like Mark.
OriginMid 16th century: from French caviller, from Latin cavillari, from cavilla 'mockery'. RhymesCavell, gavel, gravel, ravel, travel Definition of cavil in US English: cavilverbˈkavəlˈkævəl [no object]Make petty or unnecessary objections. 无端指摘，挑剔，吹毛求疵 他们在成本上挑毛病。 Example sentencesExamples - So, your Honour, I think that is about all I need to say about cavilling or challenging the judgment of Justice Kirby.
- But while some may cavil at this, others may think it gives The Making Of Scotland character and a certain naive charm.
- I'm not suggesting that research should not proceed, but rather cavilling at the sometimes thoughtless way it has been presented to the public.
- It's mean to cavil over the shortcomings of a product that's given away for free but I find the installation documentation dense and obscure, filled with traps for the unwary.
- However much critics may cavil, audiences seem happy.
- They are caviling that inspectors are being recruited from too many countries including Asians and Africans.
- It is a little late for them to cavil about the details having delayed 11 years on delivering it.
- Given the existing imbalances in the US economy, one would have thought that the foreign exchange markets would have cavilled at the implications of this document.
- So much is here that it would be absurd to cavil about exclusions; and considering the challenge Ferriter has set himself, the odd chronological infelicity can be easily accommodated.
- It's a fantastic achievement - and one in the eye for those who have carped and cavilled about the underperformance of Great Britain's competitors in Athens.
- No one cavilled with her Honour's rejection of the evidence of the bus driver.
- I could cavil at little details, but why should I?
- Since he is prepared to do this, there is nothing that he cannot do: his ranks of craven, sycophantic backbenchers will not cavil at anything he says.
- The most devoted supporter of the right to bear arms might still cavil at the thought of arms caches under the beds of active enemies.
- Ancona is especially fed up with critics who cavil that ‘if you're doing impressions, you're not acting’.
- My only gripe, and who am I to cavil at Shakespeare, is that Pacino and Irons do such a good job that the jiggery pokery at the end about rings and sworn faithfulness seems an irritant.
- The opening poem, for example, Durer, Innsbruck, 1495, despite an occasional lapse which criticism might cavil at, is a very fine poem which would do credit to any anthology and to most poets.
- Many soreheads and unsympathetic people will probably cavil that this is pretty darn cool and lots of people don't get to go to Australia and experience such a beautiful land and have all these wonderful adventures.
- Purists may cavil at the liberties taken with scientific objectivity, but as a memoirist, he is a mensch, a prince among primates.
- This is part of the child/parent relationship and in the ideal family, the children won't cavil at this.
Synonyms complain, carp, grumble, moan, grouse, grouch, whine, bleat, find fault with, quibble about, niggle about
nounˈkavəlˈkævəl An objection seen as petty or unnecessary. Example sentencesExamples - His only cavils are the notoriously short battery life of PDA-phone combination devices, and the screen's relative dimness in bright sunlight - but in all other light conditions, he says, the screen is crisp and readable.
- But these are cavils and, at root, only the difference between fact and a greater, truth-telling fiction.
- Some additional cavils are worth mentioning, but they don't detract from what this fine work has to offer.
- This cavil aside, the exhibition is a well-paced and absorbing study of the most influential exponent of an under-rated decorative art form.
- But these are cavils: this is one of the great books of art-historical thought.
- Smiley's attempt to root the novel in a specific political climate seems an unnecessary distraction, and a few characters are too broadly typed, but these are minor cavils.
- The boundless approval of the grandchildren stilled any adult cavils about taste and decency.
- But although I sympathise with almost all of what Todorov says, and applaud his achievement in saying it, I have a minor cavil about the way he gets his argument going.
- But these are minor cavils in the face of the impressive achievements of women artists from all over the world, working in every medium and in a multiplicity of styles and expressive contexts.
- These cavils aside, it deserves to be seen as the cast, on the whole, make the evening a worthwhile, experience and it is not their fault that the authors have not provided them with better material.
- Such small cavils apart, Devine's scheme is just what schools need, to substitute coherent teaching for the present pick-'n'-mix.
- My only cavil is the short playing time of this CD.
- Despite all such cavils, this is a work of uncommon gracefulness that repays repeated reading and viewing.
- However, these cavils aside, this is a very charming and delightful production and one which, as I have indicated, goes a long way to obliterate the memories of the past.
- My only cavil is that Rachel Blues's design has none of the ‘dinginess ‘specified in the stage directions.’
- But these are minor cavils compared to my problems with what the hypothesis seeks to do with these assumptions.
- My only cavil, and this is one I level against many restaurants, is that there is a separate charge for bread which, as you are given no option to refuse it, becomes a cover charge by another name.
- These minor cavils notwithstanding, Linder deserves considerable credit for resurrecting this important work and rendering it into such lucid, vigorous English.
- Having said that, however - and recommending that you read other reviewers' previous raves to get a fuller idea of the film - I have some minor cavils to share.
- The only cavil is that some of the extracts are on the miserly side and, from the bibliography, it is clear that the complete versions are unlikely to be available in Britain.
Synonyms protest, protestation, demur, demurrer, remonstrance, remonstration, exception, complaint, grievance, moan, grumble, grouse, cavil, quibble, expostulation
OriginMid 16th century: from French caviller, from Latin cavillari, from cavilla ‘mockery’. |