英语释义

• be overly critical; criticize minor details

片语

carp at挑剔

to nitpick澡垢索疵

Nitpick In Many Ways嫌好道歹

cavil about吹毛求疵；挑剔

nitpick k挑剔

nitpick find fault有意抓住人的小过失

英汉例句

• nitpick toward others is equal to dishonoring them, which is equal to yourself, and then you can「t get happiness from it.

  挑剔他人则是不尊重他人，反过来就是不尊重自己，这样的人不会得到幸福。

• this was just about the only significant question i had; there is almost nothing i can nitpick in the tt book.

  这只是我惟一的一个重要问题，在这本tt书籍中几乎找不到任何瑕疵。

• nitpick and worry about getting it 「just right」, and you’ll never get it done.

  如果你越来越挑剔，还担心它就‘差一点点’，那么你永远也不可能完成它了。

• when i want to nitpick nowadays, i just keep in mind that if i want to go to the trouble of offering unrequested advice, i might as well suggest i do it myself.

  现在，当我想吹毛求疵时，我就会想象如果我自己根据那些所谓的建议来做这件事会是什么样。

• no, it’s always easier to nitpick than actually to cook the meal.

  毕竟，挑三拣四比实际下厨做饭总是要容易得多。

• while it’s not for a journalist to nitpick a minister’s theological credentials, that implication of belated seismic revenge on haitian children seems defamatory of god.

  本来给牧师的神学资格挑刺并非新闻记者的份内事，但把这场同样令海地儿童受苦受难的地震说成是迟来的报复，这似乎是在诽谤上帝。

• on the whole it」s a good plan and we shouldn「t nitpick .

  总的来说，这个计划是好的，我们不应过于挑剔。

• it is much easier to nitpick than to invent.

  挑剔总是比发明更为容易。

• they」re less likely to nitpick about details that aren「t relevant at this stage.

  减少他们在与主题不相关的细节上的吹毛求疵。

• the recession forced corporate america to look hard for savings, and the people who were being paid hundreds of dollars an hour to nitpick were an obvious target.

  美国经济衰退迫使企业很难有多余的钱，且一小时拿着几百美元鸡蛋里挑骨头的人显然是靶子。

• part of an editor」s job is to nitpick writing flaws.

  编辑的职责之一是仔细挑出写作瑕疵。