Although his composition was flawless, the teacher was always cavil ling at his handwriting.(雖然他的作文寫得完美無瑕，但老師對他的書法總是百般挑剔。)

A carper will cavil at anything.(愛挑剔的人對什么都挑剔。)

Let us not cavil too much.(我們不要太吹毛求疵。)

Attempts to understand or imagine her inner life tend to be a bit stilted, perhaps because the author is a historian, not a novelist. But this is a small cavil.(可能因為作者是名歷史學家而非小說家，所以在嘗試理解或想像她的內在生活時有點呆板，但是這是吹毛求疵。)

I don't think this is the time to cavil at the wording of the report.(我認為現在不是對這份報告的措辭吹毛求疵的時候。)

Anne, far from wishing to cavil at the pleasure, replied, "I can easily believe it."(安妮決不想對這種樂趣吹毛求疵，于是答道：“這我完全可以相信。”)

To find fault or criticize for petty reasons; cavil .(吹毛求疵找碴子或為了瑣屑的原因而批評；)