nitpicking

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英[\\\'nɪtɪpɪkɪŋ]

美[\\\'nɪtɪpɪkɪŋ]

基本意思释义

adj.挑剔细微末节的，找小错儿的

n.找小错儿

短语及实用例句

I can get down to nitpicking detail, I am pretty fussy about certain things.

我会挑剔细节，我对某些事情相当吹毛求疵。

柯林斯例句

He cannot understand a general argument, he always asks nitpicking little questions.

他不能理解总的论点, 总是问一些无关紧要的枝节问题.

But all that is nitpicking.

但所有这些只是我挑选的一部分.

英英释义

Adjective

1. quibbling over insignificant details;

\"caviling pettifoggers and quiggling pleaders\"-Edmund Burke

\"her nagging and carping attack\"

\"thought her editor unnecessarily nitpicking\"

\"a pettifogging lawyer\'s mind\"

\"had no patience with quibbling critics\"