nitpicking
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˈnɪtˌpɪk.ɪŋ]
- 美式音标 [ˈnɪtˌpɪk.ɪŋ]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- n. 吹毛求疵，找碴儿
- v. 挑剔，吹毛求龇（nitpick 的现在分词）
英汉例句
- Worries of this nature are not mere nitpicking.
然而这样的担心不纯粹是吹毛求疵。 - This may seem like nitpicking in some cases, but those policies and conventions were presumably established for a good reason, so they should be upheld.
有些时候这样做显得吹毛求疵，但是定下这些规定和规范是有缘由的，所以应该遵守。 - It’s a tough thing for any internal product or engineering team to face – the thought of an external group nitpicking apart their gem, but it’s worth it.
想到一个外部企业对自己的珍品吹毛求疵，每一个内部产品和工程团队都很难面对，但这样做是值得的。 - And yes, this is important, very much so, it is not just trivial nitpicking.
FORBES: Alan Krueger's Mistake: The US Tax Code is More Progressive Than Most Other OECD Countries - DC, opposition to the agreement tends to be dismissed as nitpicking that ignores a fundamental shift.
ECONOMIST: America, India and the China bogey: A price too high The
双语例句
权威例句
英英字典
- giving too much attention to details that are not important, especially as a way of criticizing
- If you refer to someone's opinion as nitpicking, you disapprove of the fact that it concentrates on small and unimportant details, especially to try and find fault with something.