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

他在因为野讨好他的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忽热的总统来说，私下里的吹毛求疵或许并不那么较真。

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.

爱伦细声细气地训诫，嬷嬷则不绝的唠叨，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。