captious

英 ['k?p??s] 美
  • adj. 挑剔的；吹毛求疵的
GRE暢通詞匯

助記提示

1、capt- / capti- + -ous.
2. captious=見到瑕疵就抓的→吹毛求疵的
3. 愛抓別人的小辮子，不就是所謂的“吹毛求疵”么？
4. 喜歡捕風(fēng)捉影的人。

英文詞源

captious (adj.)
c. 1400, capcyus, from Middle French captieux (15c.) or directly from Latin captiosus "fallacious," from captionem (nominative captio) "a deceiving, fallacious argument," literally "a taking (in)," from captus, past participle of capere "to take, catch" (see capable). Related: Captiously; captiousness.

雙語例句

1. There is no captious client but faulty product and service .
沒有挑剔的客戶，只有不完善的產(chǎn)品和服務(wù)。

來自辭典例句

2. His criticisms were always captious and frivolous, never offering constructive suggestions.
他的評(píng)論一向輕率并愛吹毛求疵, 從不提出有建設(shè)性的建議.

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3. How to satisfy a net to buy customer people captious appetite?
如何滿足網(wǎng)購消費(fèi)者們挑剔的胃口?

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4. There is no captious client but faulty product and service.
沒有挑剔的客戶,只有不完善的產(chǎn)品和服務(wù).

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5. Captious: Marked by a disposition to find and point out trivial faults.
傾向于找出并指出細(xì)小錯(cuò)誤的.

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