Captious

(adj.) tending to find and call attention to faults; 'a captious pedant'; 'an excessively demanding and faultfinding tutor' .

唐纳德录入

• 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.

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