captious
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/'kæpʃəs/
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/'kæpʃəs/
adjective
R
Someone who is captious likes to find small mistakes or problems, even when they are not important.
He was captious, always pointing out minor errors in the report.
他很挑剔，總是指出報告中的小錯誤。
R
If you describe criticism as captious, it means the criticism is small and not important, but still bothersome.
Her captious remarks about the project did not contribute to the discussion.
她對項目的挑剔評論並沒有對討論做出貢獻。
translation
吹毛求疵, 無端指責