| 单词 | captious |
| 释义 | captious adjective formaluk/ˈkæp.ʃəs/us/ˈkæp.ʃəs/oftenexpressingcriticismsaboutmattersthat are notimportant 吹毛求疵的，挑剔的Critical & uncomplimentary
Examplesofcaptiouscaptious I know this sounds paradoxical, if notcaptious. From theCambridge English Corpus Criticism is never so likely to foster discontent or to be socaptiousas when it is entirely devoid of responsibility. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I agree with her that one should resist the temptation to be involved incaptiousquiddities about figures. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 To my mind the most important reason is that disclosure would create or fan ill-informed orcaptiouspublic or political criticism. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not put it in the nature ofcaptiouscriticism. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I only desire to say that this is notcaptiouscriticism. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He must, indeed, be acaptiouscritic who can find a pretext to make a quarrel out of that. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not say that in anycaptiousspirit. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I draw attention to this in nocaptiousway. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I speak not in any spirit ofcaptiouscriticism. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I am not going to becaptious, but we ought to see what it really does. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I have not spoken in anycaptiousspirit of criticism. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no need to becaptiousabout it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I interrupt in nocaptiousspirit, but in order to obtain information. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I could not he lesscaptiousthan that. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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