pernickety
英 [pə'nɪkɪtɪ]
美[pɚ'nɪkəti]
- adj. 麻烦的；爱挑剔的；难以取悦的
英英释义
- 1. characterized by excessive precision and attention to trivial details;
- "a persnickety job"
- "a persnickety school teacher"
实用场景例句
- Customs officials can get extremely pernickety about things like that.
- 海关官员可能会对那种东西极度吹毛求疵。
柯林斯例句
- The pernickety, timeless , relentless nature of the accession process is the whole point.
- 加入欧盟的过程是严格的 、 漫长的,也是无情的, 这就是问题的关键.
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中文词源
pernickety 爱挑剔的，吹毛求痴的
来自苏格兰英语pernicky,精确的，挑剔的，苛求的。词源不详。
双语例句
- 1. Customs officials can get extremely pernickety about things like that.
- 海关官员可能会对那种东西极度吹毛求疵。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The pernickety, timeless , relentless nature of the accession process is the whole point.
- 加入欧盟的过程是严格的 、 漫长的,也是无情的, 这就是问题的关键.
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英文词源
- pernickety (adj.)
- 1808 (pernicktie, in Jamieson), "precise, fastidious," extended form of Scottish pernicky, of uncertain origin, perhaps somehow from particular.