carping
adj. 挑剔的
v. 挑剔,吹毛求疵,找茬儿( carp的现在分词 )
A carp is a kind of fish that lives in lakes and rivers.
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.
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。
1. persistent petty and unjustified criticism
1. quibbling over insignificant details;
She was in no mood to put up with Blanche's carping.
她心情不好,受不了布兰奇的吹毛求疵。
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。
European carping over the phraseology represented a mixture of hypocrisy and subterfuge.
欧洲在措词上找岔子的做法既虚伪又狡诈.
You are always carping at my errors.
你总是在挑我的错.
Such carping is not commendable.
这样吹毛求疵真不大好.