Before those who now, for the sake of the Savage, paid their court to him, Bernard would parade a carping unorthodoxy.

他在因为野蛮人而讨好他人面前总想摆出一副离经叛道者挑剔形象。

For a president who runs hot and cold on nearly all of his advisers, private carping may not mean that much.

对于一个对几乎所有顾总统来说，私下里吹毛求疵或许并不用那么较真。

Ellen, by soft-voiced admonition, and Mammy, by constant carping, labored to inculcate in her the qualities that would make her truly desirable as a wife.

爱伦用细声细气地训诫，嬷嬷则用滔滔不绝唠叨，在尽力将那些作为淑女贤妻不可少品质栽培到她身上去。