canting

1.if they'd stop canting about ‘honest work’ they might get somewhere.

如果他们不再说“诚实工作”这类的虚伪话，他们会有所进益。

2.On Monday they even tested a backup procedure—canting the shovel at the end of the probe's robotic arm and shaking it to dribble soil a bit at a time.

周一他们甚至尝试了一种替代方法，即将探针的机器手尾部的铲子倾斜来一次弄下一点土壤。