【cavil】 - AEAS备考词汇

cavil

UK:  ['kæv(ə)l]

US:  ['kævəl]

第三人称单数：cavils  现在分词：cavilling  过去式：cavilled  过去分词：caviled  现在分词：caviling  

n.

1.挑剔

2.无端指摘,吹毛求疵

v.

1.对…挑剔,对…吹毛求疵

1 . How does Natalie make it clear to Cavil that she strenuously disapproves of his insistence on lobotomizing the Cylon Raiders?
娜塔莉是如何向卡维尔挑明她强烈不同意他坚持将赛昂突袭机变得笨头笨脑的决定的？

2 . 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。

3 . The loving you girl put you in her heart whether cavil.
不论在嘴上怎么挑剔，在她心里还是最爱你。

4 . In a 1995 race case, Justice Thomas explained without cavil why he thought the government's use of race was wrong.
在1995的种族案子上，托马斯大法官毫不苛责的解释，为什么他认为政府使用种族登记是错误的。

5 . To find fault or criticize for petty reasons; cavil .
吹毛求疵找碴子或为了琐屑的原因而批评；