cavil

1. V-I If you say that someone cavils at something, you mean that they make criticisms of it that you think are unimportant or unnecessary. 吹毛求疵[正式] [no passive]

Let us not cavil too much. 我們不要太吹毛求疵。

I don't think this is the time to cavil at the wording of the report. 我認(rèn)為現(xiàn)在不是對(duì)這份報(bào)告的措辭吹毛求疵的時(shí)候。

2. N-COUNT Cavil is also a noun. 吹毛求疵的意見

These cavils aside, most of the essays are very good indeed. 撇開這些吹毛求疵的意見，大多數(shù)論文確實(shí)非常好。