英语词汇“captious”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

captious

/ˈkapʃəs

adjective formal

Tending to find fault or raise petty objections: a captious teacher...

These are not merely captious theoretical objections.
Through his pen, inanity became animate, and the captious craft of caricature was raised to character study.
To say that a man has adopted a vulgar prejudice, is calculated to give offence to no one but an illiterate booby, who does not know the meaning of the words, or a captious, inflated self-sufficient pedant.

Synonyms

critical, fault-finding, quibbling, niggling, cavilling, carping, criticizing, disapproving, censorious, judgemental, overcritical, hypercritical, pedantic, hair-splitting, pettifogging;

Scottish & Irish pass-remarkable

informal nitpicking, pernickety

Derivatives

captiously

/ˈkapʃəsli

/ adverb ...

We have no right to reject their instruction and captiously insist that nothing but positive command shall bind us.
Indeed now I come to think of it I believe I have twice reviewed other books of yours rather captiously.
And I captiously reflect how much better it must have sounded when it echoed to strains of music, instead of to the inanities of a young woman with a shrill voice and an uneducated intonation.

captiousness

/ˈkapʃəsnəs

/ noun ...

Finally, mention should be made of the author's logical arguments, and his clear and interesting style: satisfying the highest professional demands, this book contains no dry scholarly captiousness.
Then was seen the unprecedented sight of a party agent challenging the votes on his own side with a captiousness that his opponents would have hesitated to display.
By way of a protest against the captiousness to which their agents were subjected, the Polish authorities on August 2 prohibited the importation of this firm's products into Polish territory.

Origin

Late Middle English (also in the sense 'intended to deceive someone'): from Old French captieux or Latin captiosus, from captio(n-) 'seizing', (figuratively) 'deceiving' (see caption).

单词	captious
释义	captious /ˈkapʃəs / adjective formal Tending to find fault or raise petty objections: a captious teacher... These are not merely captious theoretical objections. Through his pen, inanity became animate, and the captious craft of caricature was raised to character study. To say that a man has adopted a vulgar prejudice, is calculated to give offence to no one but an illiterate booby, who does not know the meaning of the words, or a captious, inflated self-sufficient pedant. Synonyms critical, fault-finding, quibbling, niggling, cavilling, carping, criticizing, disapproving, censorious, judgemental, overcritical, hypercritical, pedantic, hair-splitting, pettifogging; Scottish & Irish pass-remarkable informal nitpicking, pernickety Derivatives captiously /ˈkapʃəsli / adverb ... We have no right to reject their instruction and captiously insist that nothing but positive command shall bind us. Indeed now I come to think of it I believe I have twice reviewed other books of yours rather captiously. And I captiously reflect how much better it must have sounded when it echoed to strains of music, instead of to the inanities of a young woman with a shrill voice and an uneducated intonation. captiousness /ˈkapʃəsnəs / noun ... Finally, mention should be made of the author's logical arguments, and his clear and interesting style: satisfying the highest professional demands, this book contains no dry scholarly captiousness. Then was seen the unprecedented sight of a party agent challenging the votes on his own side with a captiousness that his opponents would have hesitated to display. By way of a protest against the captiousness to which their agents were subjected, the Polish authorities on August 2 prohibited the importation of this firm's products into Polish territory. Origin Late Middle English (also in the sense 'intended to deceive someone'): from Old French captieux or Latin captiosus, from captio(n-) 'seizing', (figuratively) 'deceiving' (see caption).
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