| 词汇 | carped |
| 释义 | carped past simple and past participle ofcarp carp verb[ I ] uk /kɑːp/ us /kɑːrp/ to complain all the time about matters that are not important: 挑剔，找茬，吹毛求疵 I can't stand the way he's always carping.我受不了他那副总是吹毛求疵的样子。 Synonym cavilformal Complaining be/go on at someoneidiom bellyaching bemoan bewail brouhaha bugger, sod, etc. this for a lark!idiom carping clamour grizzle make noisesidiom mutter nag pardon peep remonstrate representation start on at someone unreported vituperation whiner Examples of carpedcarped In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. How could they really be their own women, carped the press, when they had male songwriters and a male manager 'pulling the strings'? We would then be much more likely to get the concessions from our partners than if we stayed outside and carped about it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is utter nonsense to pretend that we have criticised and carped about it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The proposals that we put forward at the start of the process were continually criticised and carped at from the wings. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He carped a lot, but failed to answer the questions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Pancras criticised and carped, but he said nothing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Hindenburg carped that politics was full of issues such as economics that he did not, and did not want to, understand. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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