| 单词 | carping |
| 释义 | carping (once / 12325 pages) n Carping is petty and unjustified criticism that just won’t stop. People who find fault with you at every turn, who appreciate nothing and complain, complain, complain, are carping. Enough already! Your annoying aunt Mildred who constantly picks on you, listing all the things she thinks are wrong about the way you dress, the style of your hair, who you’re dating, and where you’re working? She’s carping. Carping can also be used as an adjective, to describe someone who is overly critical and impossible to please — like that carping food critic who ruined the debut of your new restaurant. WORD FAMILYcarping: carpings+/carp: carped, carper, carping, carps/carper: carpers USAGE EXAMPLESThey are the same ones already carping about retired brain surgeon Ben Carson’s being picked to run the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Washington Times(Dec 06, 2016) But I digress, as does Ms. Arcade, moving from a brief history of the advertising industry to carping about tourist hordes invading the city. New York Times(Dec 05, 2016) It is hard to imagine Trump quoting Plato or Matthew Arnold, much less carping about the titles of conference papers by literature academics. The Guardian(Nov 30, 2016) n persistent petty and unjustified criticism Syn|Hyper faultfinding criticism, unfavorable judgment disapproval expressed by pointing out faults or shortcomings |
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