to cavil
01
吹毛求疵, 无端挑剔
to make objections, often over small details without a good reason
Intransitive: to cavil at sth | to cavil about sth
例子
Some coworkers tend to cavil about office temperatures, finding fault with the thermostat setting.
一些同事倾向于对办公室的温度吹毛求疵，对恒温器的设置挑毛病。
Cavil
01
a minor complaint raised over something of little importance
例子
She had a cavil about the font on the flyer, even though the event details were perfect.
她对传单上的字体有一个cavil，尽管活动细节很完美。
词汇树
caviler
caviller
cavil
