cavilling的中文翻译是什么意思

VERB挑剔;吹毛求疵

If you say that someone cavils at something, you mean that they make criticisms of it that you think are unimportant or unnecessary.

• Let us not cavil too much...

  我们就别太挑剔了。

• I don't think this is the time to cavil at the wording of the report.

  我觉得现在还不是对报告的措辞较真的时候。