carping
adj. 挑剔的
v. 挑剔,吹毛求疵,找茬兒( carp的現在分詞 )
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...
他不明白為什麼她總是找他的茬兒。
This was the man whom other trainers love to carp about.
這就是老被其他教練挑毛病的那個人。
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,受不了布蘭奇的吹毛求疵。
He cannot understand why she's constantly carping at him.
他不明白為什麼她總是找他的茬兒。
European carping over the phraseology represented a mixture of hypocrisy and subterfuge.
歐洲在措詞上找岔子的做法既虛偽又狡詐.
You are always carping at my errors.
你總是在挑我的錯.
Such carping is not commendable.
這樣吹毛求疵真不大好.