Captious
[ 'kæpʃəs ]
出国 Abroad
adj. 爱找岔子的，强词夺理的;
💡 词根助记
cap =take, hold, seize, 表示”拿,抓,握住”#词根助记：cap抓+tious形容词词缀=喜欢抓毛病的=吹毛求疵的
📝 例句
Excessively critical;captious.
苛求的过度挑毛病的；吹毛求疵的
A captious question.
糊弄人的问题
captious criticism
吹毛求疵的评论
a captious pedant; an excessively demanding and faultfinding tutor.
吹毛求疵的学究；过分苛求、吹毛求疵的导师。
captious:Marked by a disposition to find and point out trivial faults.
倾向于找出并指出细小错误的。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ cap-词根“拿”,ous-形缀“多”:拿很多别人的缺点→吹毛求疵的
※ capti-capture抓住,o-似数字“0”,us-我们:我们有0个缺点,可他仍是抓住不放,真是吹毛求疵
✅ 同义词
🔤 词根
-cept-表示“抓住”
常见变体有-cap-、-cip-、-ceiv-
📖 牛津释义
captious
adj
(fml 文) fond of criticizingor raising objections about unimportant matters; quibbling 好吹毛求疵的; 好挑剔的.
🔁 扩展释义
*['kæpʃәs]a. 吹毛求疵的, 挑剔的
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I read everything I can get my hands on but I like ghosts stories best.
我随意拿起什么便看什么，但我最喜欢看鬼故事。
I had lunch with a friend of mine.
我和我的一个朋友一块吃了午饭。
You were very kind. You brought out all your jewellery and you told me I could take anything I wanted. There were so many beautiful things that it was hard to choose. And then I saw a lovely diamond necklace with a big blue stone in the centre.
你太好了。当时你把所有的珠宝首饰全都拿了出来，而且说，我要什么就可以拿什么。漂亮的首饰太多了，实在难挑选。后来我终于看中了一条美丽的钻石项链，中间还嵌着一颗大蓝宝石。