barbs

基本解释

American banks throw barbs at the way that Europeans calculate the riskiness of their assets, which affects the amount of capital they have to hold.
美國的銀行則對歐洲計算資産風險性的方法有諸多非議，因爲這會影響到它們需要持有的資本額。
And a teacher should not lob gratuitous barbs at her students, which contradicts her own professional duty: to teach the skills and habits of democracy.
教師不應該無耑地對自己的學生冷嘲熱諷，這與她本身的職責相矛盾：傳授技能和民主習慣。
Unlike stingrays, manta rays do not have venomous tail barbs.
和刺鰩不一樣，蝠鱝沒有劇毒的尾刺。

The sharp metal barbs tore the skin of the men who stretched it along fence tops.

Day, Obama and Clinton traded barbs that set the tone for the rest of the week.
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To her credit, the lady knight shrugs off his barbs and grits her teeth.
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Not all the barbs aimed at hip hop are meant exclusively for its artists.
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A barb is a sharp curved point near the end of an arrow or a fish hook that makes it difficult to pull out.
A barb is an unkind remark meant as a criticism of someone or something.