carping

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。


1. 鲤鱼
   A carp is a kind of fish that lives in lakes and rivers.
2. VERB 挑剔；吹毛求疵；发牢骚
   If you say that someone is 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。

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. 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。
3. 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。
4. 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。
5. I am obnoxious to each carping tongue.
   我深深受害于每一张饶舌的尖嘴。
6. 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？
7. 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。
8. She was always carping at her husband.
   她总是挑丈夫的毛病。
9. Please stop carping about the way I dress.
   请别再对我的衣着唠叨个没完了。
10. 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？
11. He's always carping about poor service in hotels.
    他总是抱怨旅馆的服务差。
12. It's no good carping at the boy about his behaviour.
    对小孩的行为吹毛求疵不好。
13. 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。
14. 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。
15. 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。

noun

1. persistent petty and unjustified criticism

   Synonym:    faultfinding