carping

英 [ˈkɑːpɪŋ]

美 [ˈkɑːrpɪŋ]

v.  不停地抱怨; 唠叨
carp的现在分词

现在分词：carping　

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BNC.44680 / COCA.39504

柯林斯词典

Carp can also be used as the plural form for meaning 1. 义项1中 carp 亦可用作复数名词。


• 鲤鱼
  Acarpis a kind of fish that lives in lakes and rivers.
• VERB 挑剔；吹毛求疵；发牢骚
  If you say that someoneis carping, you mean that they keep criticizing or complaining about someone or something, especially in a way you think is unnecessary or annoying.
  1. He cannot understand why she's constantly carping at him...
     他不明白为什么她总是找他的茬儿。
  2. This was the man whom other trainers love to carp about.
     这就是老被其他教练挑毛病的那个人。

英英释义

noun

• persistent petty and unjustified criticism
  Synonym:faultfinding

双语例句

• Please stop carping about the way I dress.
  请别再对我的衣着唠叨个没完了。
• Don't waste time carping about their laziness-go and speak to them.
  别浪费时间指摘他们懒惰去和他们谈谈。
• He's always carping about poor service in hotels.
  他总是抱怨旅馆的服务差。
• Many Europeans have spent the past few years carping from the sidelines: the US has been messing things up everywhere, so why should they contribute anything to global security?
  过去几年，许多欧洲人站在一旁吹毛求疵：美国四处制造麻烦，为什么他们就应该为全球安全做出贡献？
• One in four said carping was a way of relaxing.
  四分之一的人说发牢骚也是一种放松的方式。
• All this carping and criticizing won't get us anywhere.
  老这么吹毛求疵批评来批评去，不会对我们有什么好处。
• Or is such carping beside the point, since the more people attracted to a cause and spending money on it, the better, whatever the original motivation?
  或者既然人们被某种动机吸引并花钱的现象是多多益善，那么这种吹毛求疵就无关紧要而不管初衷为何吗？
• Concerns about backsliding from standards on transparency, procurement and anti-corruption are justified but the way to address them is to join the institution and work from within; it is nonsense to argue that carping from outside will be more effective.
  对透明度、采购和反腐标准倒退的担忧是合理的，但解决这些问题的方法是加入该机构，从内部实现变革；所谓在外面挑毛病会更加有效的说法纯属无稽之谈。
• Where China offers proposals that make sense for itself and for the world, engagement is more sensible than carping from the sidelines.
  中国提出的建议既考虑了自身利益，又顾及了世界各国，因此，参与其中比在一旁吹毛求疵更为明智。
• I am obnoxious to each carping tongue.
  我深深受害于每一张饶舌的尖嘴。