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的人面前总想摆出一副离经叛道者的挑剔形象。

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问都忽冷忽热的总统来说，私下里的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，嬷嬷则用滔滔不绝的唠叨，都在尽力将那些作为淑女贤妻不可少的品质栽培到她身上去。