carping
英 [ˈkɑːpɪŋ]
美 [ˈkɑːrpɪŋ]
v. 不停地抱怨; 唠叨
carp的现在分词
现在分词:carping
BNC.44680 / COCA.39504
柯林斯词典
- 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.- 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。 - 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。
- He cannot understand why she's constantly carping at him...
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。
英英释义
noun
- persistent petty and unjustified criticism
双语例句
- 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。 - 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。 - Persistent critics: their endless carping demotivates all their subordinates, which means they never build a solid team.
不断吹毛求疵:他们没完没了的找茬会让所有下属泄气,这意味着他们永远无法建立一个融洽的团队。 - It's no good carping at the boy about his behaviour.
对小孩的行为吹毛求疵不好。 - 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。 - She was always carping at her husband.
她总是挑丈夫的毛病。 - 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? - 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? - Please stop carping about the way I dress.
请别再对我的衣着唠叨个没完了。 - I wish you'd stop carping about the way I dress.
关于我怎麽穿衣打扮,我希望你别找碴了。