carping

英 [ˈkɑːpɪŋ]

美 [ˈkɑːrpɪŋ]

v.  不停地抱怨; 唠叨
carp的现在分词

现在分词：carping　

TOEFL

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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He's always carping about poor service in hotels.
  他总是抱怨旅馆的服务差。
• She was always carping at her husband.
  她总是挑丈夫的毛病。
• I am obnoxious to each carping tongue.
  我深深受害于每一张饶舌的尖嘴。
• 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。