Captious
['kæpʃəs]
解释:
(adj.) tending to find and call attention to faults; 'a captious pedant'; 'an excessively demanding and faultfinding tutor' .
唐纳德录入--From WordNet
解释:
(a.) Apt to catch at faults; disposed to find fault or to cavil; eager to object; difficult to please.
(a.) Fitted to harass, perplex, or insnare; insidious; troublesome.
编辑:苏珊娜
同义词及近义词：
a. [1]. Censorious, cavilling, carping, critical, hypercritical, disposed to cavil, given to fault-finding.[2]. Crabbed, snappish, peevish, pettish, testy, touchy, waspish, fretful, splenetic, cross, snarling, acrimonious, petulant, cantankerous, contentious.[3]. Ensnaring, insidious.
弗里达编辑
同义词及反义词：
SYN:Carping, caviling, censorious, hypercritical, cross, fault-finding, critical,cynical, petulant, irritable, splenetic, touchy, peevish, fretful
ANT:Appreciative, commendatory, encouraging, complimentary, approving, laudatory,flattering
录入:索尔
例句:
- A solemn silence; Mr. Pickwick humorous, the old lady serious, the fat gentleman captious, and Mr. Miller timorous. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- He grew by degrees less civil, put on more the airs of master, frequently found fault, was captious, and seemed ready for an outbreaking. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
- Georgiana, who had a spoiled temper, a very acrid spite, a captious and insolent carriage, was universally indulged. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
录入:索尔